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Ten school students from Andheri, aged between 15 and 16, were arrested on Tuesday for alleged repeated sexual assault of a 12-year-old schoolmate over the last few days.
Since they are minors, all 10 were produced before a juvenile court at Dongri on Tuesday and later sent to an observation home.
All 10 have been booked under the Indian Penal Code section 377 (unnatural offence) and sections 8 and 12 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act for penetrative sexual assault and sexual harassment.
Police has seized a mobile phone from one of the juveniles on which, according to the victim, the sexual assault act was recorded. Andheri police senior inspector Pandit Thorat confirmed the arrests but declined to divulge details.
The victim and the perpetrators we re all from the same Hindi medium school in Andheri (East), studying in classes VIII, IX and X and living in the same shanty settlement in Andheri (E).
