B’luru gang rape reminds of Dec 16 horror
BREAKTHROUGH Police force arrest two accused, say both men have confessed to the crime
BENGALURU:
A 22-year-old call centre employee was gang-raped by two men inside a minibus in Bengaluru, an incident that revived horrific memories of the fatal assault on a paramedical student in the national capital nearly three years ago.
Police arrested the accused Yogesh, 27, and Sunil, 23, on Tuesday and said both men had confessed to the crime. The men picked up the victim waiting at the Madiwala bus stop around 9.45pm on Saturday.
Police Commissioner NS Megharik said at a press conference on Tuesday that pictures of the accused, both bus driver hailing from Chikmagalur, were not being released as the victim was yet to identify them.
The 22-year-old BPO employee was frustrated after waiting for a long time for a bus to arrive at the bus stop. She got into the minibus driven by Yogesh in a moment of indiscretion, police said.
She was waiting at the bus stop with another friend who even warned her against getting into the vehicle. Brushing aside the advice, the victim got in saying that her paying-guest accommodation was just a few kilometres down the road.
She realised she was in trouble when the bus sped past the spot where she wanted to get off. Her screams for help were drowned out when her captors, both heavily inebriated, started playing loud music.
They took her to a desolate spot, raped her at knifepoint until 2 am and then drove back to a spot close to her place, police said.
Police had already launched a search for her by the time she was released as her roommates had filed a missing complaint. Police found her when they were alerted by doctors of a private hospital where she was taken by some other friends of hers for treatment.
The December 2012 gang-rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student by six men had shocked the entire world with its brutality. The crime led to a new law that provides for a life term and even death sentence for rape convicts.