Tamil Nadu: Three-year-old tribal girl found dead in Anamalai

COIMBATORE: A three-year-old tribal girl was found dead under suspicious circumstances at Anamalai here on Saturday.
Doctors who examined the girl suspect she was sexually abused. A 20-year-old inmate of a tribal settlement near Sethumadai had taken her unconscious daughter to the Government Hospital at Vettaikaranpudur on Saturday morning. Doctors examined the girl and declared her dead. They noticed injuries on her private parts and informed the Anamalai police.
“The mother told us that she had left the girl at her in-laws’ house before leaving for a neighbours’ house to charge her mobile phone. She said her husband was with the girl and that she found her daughter unconscious when she returned,” a police officer said. “But preliminary inquiry revealed that she didn’t leave her daughter with her in-laws. Her husband was at his workplace at the time of the incident. ”
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)