Karnataka Police zero in on Tamil Nadu men through bus tickets, liquor bottles in Mysuru gangrape case
New Delhi, August 30
The Karnataka Police held five including a minor from Tamil Nadu in the Mysuru gangrape case. The accused who were on the run were were identified and traced with the help of the bus tickets, liquor bottles and call data records from mobile towers.
The police had found bus tickets and liquor bottles near the crime scene. After the initial identification and getting numbers of the accused, the call data records and mobile towers were scanned to get the location of the accused.
According to police, they had begun the investigation based on the information provided by the victim's male friend, who was assaulted during the crime, that the culprits were speaking in Tamil.
During a search of the crime scene, police stumbled upon bus tickets from Talwadi in Tamil Nadu to Chamarajanagar in Karnataka, and also some liquor bottles found at the scene bore the seal of Tamil Nadu excise department.
The officials added that the analysis of the call detail record from mobile towers close to the scene of the crime, Chamarajanagar and Tamil Nadu, led them to finally zero in on the suspects.
The officials added that the five accused used to regularly visit Mysuru for labour jobs, even did loading and unloading at the APMC yard. They were also found to be involved in robbing lone travellers, young couples and women, before returning to their native place.
They accosted the victim and her male friend near the Chamundi foothills on the outskirts of Mysuru on August 24 and tried to rob them. When they did not succeed, they allegedly assaulted him and raped her, officials added.
Top officers of Karnataka Police supervised the investigation and camped in Mysuru till the accused were identified and tracked down in Tamil Nadu.
