Chennai: Six men were arrested for kidnapping and raping a 40-year-old woman near Chennai Bypass Road. The men kidnapped the woman who was traveling by taxi along with a family friend near Thelliyar Agaram on Sunday.
According to a report on The Hindu, the woman was returning home from her native along with her friend in his taxi after attending a temple festival. The woman who went along with her family sent her two children and her husband home in their two-wheeler for them to reach their home by 10 pm.
Around 11.30 pm, while she was nearing her home in a taxi driven by a family friend, a man stopped the taxi on the arterial road off Tambaram-Maduravoyal bypass and started to attack the driver. Soon, five other men joined him and they entered the taxi.
They threatened to kill the woman if she raised a cry and drove the taxi to a distance. They then pushed the driver out of the vehicle and removed 13 sovereigns of gold worn by her.
The men then took turns to rape the woman.
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In the meantime, the driver alerted the police who rushed to the spot. The police nabbed one of the accused while the remaining accused fled the spot.
However, with the cue given by one of the accused, the police nabbed the remaining five accused and seized 13 sovereigns of gold jewellery from them, said a report on Times of India.
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The arrested were identified as Surya (21), Karuppiah (28), Suresh (19), Dinesh (29), Santhosh (22) and Ganesh (19). The police said that all the accused were under the influence of alcohol and cannabis.
Meanwhile, the woman is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital in Chennai. She is also provided with mental health counseling to overcome the trauma.