According to the prosecution, the victim, a Class 9 student in a private school, had gone to a grocery shop in her neighbourhood on April 25, 2023.

The prime accused, K Vineeth from Ammapalayam, who works in the shop, lured the girl to Thekkampatti by false claims and raped the girl by threatening her in a secluded spot. His brother Vignesh and his friends, S Sreenivasan, S Akash, and S Arun Kumar, also arrived and sexually abused her.