India, May 23 -- A 10-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and brutally killed in Coimbatore, leading to shock and outrage across Tamil Nadu, and Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Saturday promised strict action following opposition uproar. A 33-year old man, who allegedly committed sexual assault has been arrested under POCSO and for other offences including murder and his accomplice has been nabbed for criminal conspiracy, police said.

Actor Kamal Haasan has condemned the incident. Taking to his X account, he wrote, "The incident of a 10-year-old girl being sexually assaulted and murdered near Sulur is heart-wrenching. The perpetrators must be brought to justice through a fast-track court and awarded the maximum punishment. The family, ...