The Suryanelli case, in which a 16-year-old schoolgirl was raped by 37 persons in 40 days.

The Suryanelli case, in which a 16-year-old schoolgirl was raped by 37 persons in 40 days at various locations, shocked Kerala's conscience in 1996. Twenty-two years later, another 16-year-old Kannur girl's horror tale with an eerie resemblance to the Suryanelli incident has sent shock waves across the state last week.

Soumya (name changed), a class X student, is now in the Nirbhaya shelter home as her mother and brother have disowned her after the lurid details of the case emerged and her father was arrested on charges of raping her for years.