Mysuru Gangrape Case- Sixth accused traced from Tamil Nadu
New Delhi, September 1
The special teams of Karnataka Police arrested the sixth accused who was absconding in the sensational Mysuru gangrape case. The accused was also held from Tamil Nadu after police tracked him down.
The special investigating teams probing Mysuru gang rape case had arrested five persons including a juvenile from Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu on August 28.
The arrest of the sixth accused has revealed that the gang consists of another member who is presently on the run which makes it to total of seven accused who committed the shameful crime.
The police have formed search teams to arrest him.
The incident had taken place in the outskirts of Mysuru at the foothills of Chamundi hill near Lalitadripura locality on August 24.
According to the police, all the arrested accused persons turned out to be coolies. They often came to the Mysuru vegetable market to sell bananas. After selling bananas, the accused used to consume alcohol in an isolated area of Lalithadripura, where the incident took place.
They noticed the victim frequenting the area regularly with her male friend. They followed the couple for three days and on fourth day they attacked them. The gang had assaulted the youth and demanded Rs 3 lakh ransom. When they did not get money, the accused had allegedly gang raped the college girl.
The police had found out that this gang who frequently visited Mysuru used to commit series of crimes like road robberies, molestation cases.
The police are further investigating the case.
