Thota Bengre: Woman gang-raped by 7, six detained

Vartha Bharati | 27-11-2018 | 00:10:00 IST

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Mangaluru, November 26: A woman, who was on a trip, was allegedly gang-raped by a team of seven persons at Thota Bengre near the city and the incident came to light very late. The incident happened on November 18. The victim has been identified as a labour woman working in a local factory.

She has friendship with a man of other state and on November 18 at 12 noon,  both of them had been to Thota Bengre Alive Bagilu beach. Noticing that they have entered the island, the accused also followed them and threatened them. Later, they assaulted the man and took away the woman and gang-raped her, according to a complaint.

In her complaint, the victim said that seven persons have raped her. Based on this, city women police registered a case under Section 376D, 323, 504 and 506 against seven strangers. Later, the police took six local youth into custody and interrogated them.

The victim said that though she has lodged a complaint at a police station about the rape incident, the police did not register the case. So, she has lodged another complaint at urban police station. The police have been looking into this aspect also, sources said.

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