Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Nov 28: The police who are investigating the gang rape case at Thota Bengre, have learnt that seven persons were involved with this heinous crime. Out of them, four have been arrested. The police are now hunting for the remaining three accused.
A young man from Bihar and girl from Kalladka, working in a private factory at Kalladka had visited Thannirbavi beach on November 18 afternoon. They then went to Thota Bengre beach when they were attacked by a gang of seven. The youth was beaten up and the girl was gang raped in the presence of the boy, it is said.
Police sources said that the gang was under the influence of drugs and therefore behaved inhumanly. The gang collected the girl's cellphone number and threatened the couple of murdering them if they conveyed information to police.
The police have taken this case in all seriousness and the city police commissioner is personally supervising progress in investigation.
The young couple which was at the receiving end of the inhuman act had not revealed the incident to anyone, as they were overtaken by the fear of their images getting sullied. However, as the accused continued to harass them over phone, they visited Bantwal police station to file complaint. The police then asked them to file complaint in the police station in the city as crime happened here. After news about this crime began to float in social websites, police commissioner noticed them and summoned the couple to the city and got full information.
After a complaint was registered in women's police station, on the basis of telephone numbers recorded in the lady's cellphone, the police could arrest four on Monday night.
It is said that the youth is aged 18. He stays at Kalladka but does not know any other language than Hindi. He and the girl are in love with each other since the last two years.
The police, along with the girl and the boy, visited the desolate place at Thota Bengre where this incident happened, and inspected the area. The locals, during this visit, urged the police for taking stringent steps against the offenders.