15-year-old Tiruppur girl attacks robber, helps police arrest him

COIMBATORE: A home-alone 15-year-old girl, who was robbed at knife-point by a masked man and locked up in the toilet, acted bravely and helped police locate the burglar.

Police said G Raja (41) lives with his family at Boyampalayam in Tiruppur city and runs a bakery in the locality. Around noon on Tuesday, when the girl was alone in the home due to half-yearly school vacation, a youth with his face covered barged in.

As soon as she saw the intruder, the girl raised an alarm, but he assaulted her. In return, the girl also attacked him. Stunned by her response, the man gagged the girl and locked her inside the bathroom after snatching away her one sovereign chain at knife-point.