Karnataka police crack Mysuru gangrape case, 5 arrested

Police in Karnataka have cracked the Mysuru gang rape case and arrested five accused persons on SaturdayHome Minister Araga Jnanendra who has arrived to brief Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on the development stated that the operation to nab the perpetrators was successful and he would reveal the details by noonAccording to police sources while four of the accused were arrested in Sathyamangala Tamil Nadu the fifth was nabbed in Chamarajanagar KarnatakaAmong the four accused from Tamil Nadu three had criminal backgroundsEarlier it was suspected that all the accused were engineering students from Kerala and Tamil NaduIt was found however that they were not involved in the crimeAnother special team working on the bus ticket clue managed to nab the five culpritsAs many as five special teams investigated the case from different anglesAccording to the police all the arrested accused persons turned out to be coolies They often came to the Mysuru vegetable market to sell bananasAfter selling bananas the accused used to consume alcohol in an isolated area of Lalithadripura where the incident took place on TuesdayThey noticed the victim frequenting the area regularly with her male friend They followed the couple for three days and on fourth day they attacked themThe accused initially wanted to rob the couple but later gang raped the victimThe police who scanned the crime spot found a bus ticket purchased in Talawadi Tamil Nadu and launched a probe despite the victim refusing to record her statementThe investigators who secured beer bottles and cans from the scene of crime have traced the MRP liquor shop from where it was purchased and obtained CCTV footageThe special teams obtained information from Tamil Nadu police on local criminals and matched the details including the video footage obtained in MysuruThe investigations also revealed that the accused were habitual offendersThe gang had committed another rape in Kuvempunagar area of Mysuru city five months ago the police sources saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever