3 truckers held for gangrape of US national in Manali

All the three accused in the gangrape of a 30-year-old US national in Manali were arrested early today, police said.

Those arrested people are all truck drivers and were identified as Arjun, Lucky and Som Bahadur, Superintendent of Police Vinod Dhawan said.

The victim, who reached here along with three other women just a day before the crime, alleged that she was early Tuesday repeatedly raped by three men, who offered her a lift late in the night.

"She was medically examined and the report confirmed sexual assault," Dhawan said.

The police Wednesday seized the vehicle used in the crime.u00a0

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