A group of 12th-grade schoolgirls became the victims of public harassment and assault by young men under the influence of ganja, leading to a major road blockade and allegations of police bias, after a disturbing incident at Kanakamma Chathiram in Tiruvallur on Tuesday, 3 February 2026.
The incident began when 13 Class 12 students from the Government Higher Secondary School, waiting at a bus stop after the special examination, were allegedly subjected to obscene and inappropriate language by four intoxicated young men. According to the girls, the verbal abuse persisted until some of them mustered the courage to confront the harassers.
This confrontation, however, triggered a violent escalation. The youths, enraged at being questioned, allegedly began physically attacking the students. Shockingly, the parents of the accused men also joined the fray, not to restrain their sons but to blame the victims.
A passerby asked, “These girls don’t even need to be educated anymore. Why are they studying? Why are they calling boys who are studying? Add all this also against them. Look at the filthy language they use, such disgusting words, sir.”
Traumatized and seeking justice, the students staged a sit-in protest on the busy Chennai-Tirupati National Highway, bringing traffic to a standstill. The Kanakamma Chathiram police arrived and, after negotiations, took all parties involved to the police station for inquiry.
At the station, the situation took another contentious turn. The student victims alleged that the investigating officers acted in favor of the accused youths. Their protest then solidified around two key demands: enhanced security outside their school and strict legal action against the perpetrators.
One student provided a harrowing account of ongoing harassment, alleging, “He is speaking obscenely. He comes and pulls girls by the hand, pulls their bags, touches them everywhere. We have been coming here for years and never had any problem. Since he arrived, it has become harassment. Is it wrong for us to study?”
She detailed the violence: “He can’t even stand properly because of alcohol. His mother comes and abuses us. Stones were thrown – coconuts were thrown from the stone-throwing area. One girl’s leg was badly injured. Another girl was hit by a stone and had to go to the hospital and return.”
Due to the incident, the Kanakamma Chathiram Police Station witnessed heightened activity for nearly three hours, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile, the Kanakamma Chathiram police arrested one of the students involved in the incident and are searching for the second accused who is currently absconding.
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