Police on Monday arrested two persons for allegedly
raping a woman, one of the sisters who jumped into sea after they were
evicted from Sri Aurobindo Ashram recently.
A day after five sisters were evicted from the Sri Aurobindo Ashram-run
apartments, on a Supreme Court order, two of the sisters and their
mother ended their lives on Wednesday in an alleged family suicide bid
by drowning themselves in the sea.
The
father and three other sisters were rescued by fishermen and they were
admitted to the Government General Hospital. One of the surviving
sisters alleged that two unknown persons raped her when she was lying on
the beach after being washed ashore.
N.
Ravikumar, Superintendent of Police (North), said following a complaint
from the victim, we arrested the two persons on Monday morning.
During
the interrogation, the accused - K. Viji alias Vijayakumar (30) and S.
Raji (35) of Pillaihchavadi, admitted the offence. According to their
confessional statements, they gave arrack to the victim when she asked
for water and she spat. After sexually assaulting her, they also robbed
her rings and fled.
They were produced before a judicial magistrate court and remanded to judicial custody.
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