In a horrifying crime, a woman doctor hailing from Bihar was allegedly gang-raped by three persons including two juveniles, while two co-accused held her male colleague, in Vellore district shortly past midnight on March 16. All five persons have been arrested. The issue echoed in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday prompting Chief Minister M. K. Stalin to assure the House that action has been taken and the guilty would be punished.
The Vellore North Police said the woman was returning with her colleague, a native of Nagpur in Maharashtra, after watching a night show at a cinema hall in Katpadi when they boarded a share auto rickshaw in which there were four male ‘passengers’. However, instead of going to their destination in the Old Town via the Green Circle on the Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 48), the driver headed towards Sathuvachari. After parking the vehicle at a secluded spot near a burial ground, the five persons assaulted the duo and three of them gang-raped her. The accused also robbed the duo of ₹40,000 cash and two sovereigns of gold jewellery.
After the incident, the woman left for Bihar and lodged a complaint online with the Vellore Superintendent of Police (SP), S. Rajesh Kannan, on Tuesday (March 22) on the basis of which a case was registered. While four suspects, including two juveniles were arrested on Tuesday, the fifth accused, Santhosh, 22, was picked up on Wednesday, the SP said.
