Mysuru gang rape case: Karnataka police arrests 5 accused

Five accused in the Mysuru gang rape case have been arrested. While the Karnataka Police caught four of them from Sathyamangala, Tamil Nadu, the fifth person was nabbed at Chamarajanagar, Karnataka.

New Delhi: Karnataka Police on Saturday have reportedly arrested the five accused persons in the Mysuru gang rape case. State Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, on his way to brief Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on the latest development, told reporters that an operation to nab the perpetrators was conducted successfully. He gave no further details but promised to reveal more by noon.

Four accused were arrested in Sathyamangala, Tamil Nadu while the fifth was nabbed in Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, police sources told IANS. As many as five special teams were investigating the case from different angles.

Investigators secured beer bottles and cans from the crime scene, traced the MRP from the liquor shop and obtained CCTV footage. The special teams obtained information from Tamil Nadu police on local criminals and matched the details, including the video footage obtained in Mysuru.  

The investigations also revealed that the accused were habitual offenders, they had committed another rape in Kuvempunagar area of Mysuru city five months ago, the police sources told IANS.

According to the police, all the arrested accused persons are coolies, they were often seen at Mysuru vegetable market selling bananas. Later, the accused would consume alcohol in an isolated area of Lalithadripura, where the incident took place.

Police claim that the accused had followed the couple for three days and on fourth day they attacked with a plan to rob the couple, but gang raped the victim.

The victim, 23-year-old MBA student from another state, was returning from a forested area with a male friend in Mysuru on Tuesday night when the incident took place in the Tippayyanakere region, in Lalithadripura area of Mysuru, police said.