Coimbatore gang rape: 3 men arrested after encounter for sexually assaulting MBA student

Coimbatore gang rape

Two days after a young MBA student was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped near Coimbatore International Airport, police on Tuesday arrested three men in connection with the case.

The accused, identified as Guna, Karuppasamy, and Karthik, alias Kaleeswaran, were arrested after a brief encounter with the police. They were shot in the legs and have been taken to a hospital.

Coimbatore City Police Commissioner Saravana Sundar has confirmed the arrest of three men accused of gang-raping a college student and assaulting her boyfriend near the airport.

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Around 11 pm on Sunday, the victim, a student from a private college near Peelamedu, was conversing with a male friend inside a car near the airport, when a gang, which had arrived on a stolen two-wheeler, noticed the couple.

The assailants then assaulted the young man, seriously injuring him, before forcibly kidnapping the woman. They took her to a secluded location, where she was gang-raped. In a final act of cruelty, the perpetrators abandoned her without her clothes.

The injured boyfriend managed to raise the alarm, alerting the police who immediately launched a search operation. After hours of effort, the woman was located and rescued around 4 am in an isolated area behind a private college, approximately one kilometre from the airport. She was subsequently admitted to a private hospital near Sitra for treatment and care.

Her friend was also hospitalised and is receiving treatment for his injuries at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital.