Kannur (Kerala): In what can be called as a shocking incident, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by several men in Kerala's Kannur. Police claim that the girl was sexually abused multiple times by at least 13 men, including her own father and a local activist of Democratic Youth Federation of India, who has been identified as Nikhil.

The matter saw the light of the day when the victim's mother registered a complaint with the police. Acting on the complaint, police on Wednesday cracked down a lodge in Parassinikkadavu, Kannur, where five people were arrested including the manager of the lodge; eight more were arrested on Thursday, reports Times of India.