TIRUNELVELI: A 36-year-old tribal woman, who was admitted in the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TvMCH) with injuries on Saturday, alleged that she was sexually assaulted on the Papanasam-Karaiyar ghat road by a youth from her village. Police denied her charge and said she was pushed down by him due to enmity. The youth and his accomplice have been arrested. I stopped the vehicle near Agasthiyar Falls Vilakku and was speaking to my daughter, who is studying in Tirunelveli, over the phone when Dinesh and another youth came there. But he blocked me and sexually assaulted me causing injuries on various parts of my body,” she alleged.

Source: Indian Express March 02, 2026 10:52 UTC