Mysuru: Karnataka Police on Saturday cracked the Mysuru gang rape case and arrested five persons in connection with the case.
According to police sources, while four of the accused were arrested in Sathyamangala, Tamil Nadu, the fifth was nabbed in Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. Among the four accused from Tamil Nadu, three had criminal backgrounds.
Earlier, it was suspected that all the accused were engineering students from Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
It was found, however, that they were not involved in the crime.
A 22-year-old MBA student from Maharashtra studying at a Mysuru university and her friend were attacked at Chamundi Hills (a popular tourist spot on the outskirts of the city) late onTuesday evening.
A group of men, allegedly drinking, saw the couple go into the forests and followed them. The horror that followed landed the two in hospital about six hours later.
The men surrounded the couple and demanded money. When they refused to pay, the men beat the young woman’s friend and two of the accused allegedly raped her and inflicted severe injuries.