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A local court on 31 May remanded nine of the 11 tourists from Pune in judicial custody for five days. They were arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl and beating her minor brother at a beach near Panaji in Goa.
The other two accused, who are juveniles aged 15, have been sent to a protection home near Panaji, he added.
The victims – a 16-year-old girl and her 17-year-old brother – were on 29 May sitting in a shack at the Baga beach in North Goa while their parents were having food nearby.
At that time, a group of 11 visitors who arrived from Pune district, started clicking pictures of the girl, Dalvi had earlier said.
Besides the two juveniles, the other nine accused are in the age group of 18 to 30 years, police said. The accused included some students and salesmen working in different companies.
Offences were registered against all the accused under IPC sections 354 (molestation), 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting) and 323 (causing hurt), and relevant provisions of the Goa Children's Act, the police added.
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