In a suspected case of gang rape and murder, the police have detained six persons from Odisha who were working in a private prawn farm in Rameswaram, after a 45-year-old woman was found dead and villagers resorted to a six-hour-long road blockade, demanding stern action against the suspects.
Following a complaint from her husband, the police registered a ‘woman missing’ case.
In his complaint, the deceased’s husband said she worked in a prawn farm in Rameswaram. She collected seaweed and returned home around 5 p.m. every day. On Tuesday, since she had not come home even after 6 p.m., her husband, along with a few relatives, went in search of her. Around 10.30 p.m., they found her body at Narikuzhi near Vadakadu and informed the police.
