Police find Bengaluru gang-rape victim in Kerala

The 22-year-old victim - a Bangladeshi woman - was trafficked to Bengaluru before she was raped as a punishment for escaping. Six suspects including two women have been arrested in the case.

Bengaluru:A day after a Bangladeshi woman was raped in Bengaluru, police have found her in Calicut in Kerala.

Six people were arrested for involvement in the brutal rape and filming the act on a mobile phone.

The arrested include two women and they were identified as Ridai Babu, Rakibul Islam Sagar, Muhammad Babu Shekh, Hakeel, Kajal and Nazrath.

The 22-year-old victim was trafficked to Bengaluru from where she managed to escape to Kerala. The arrested suspects who were involved in prostitution found her and brought her back. They raped her as a punishment for escaping.

The police are expected to record her statement after she is taken to Bengaluru.

The video clips of the incident will be used as evidence against the accused, reports said.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa said "gang rape is a brutal incident, that no one can tolerate. we would take appropriate action in this regard. Let the accused be punished."

Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that "our policemen who traced the gang rape viral video and arrested the accused are laudable."

Bommai added, "The video of the gang rape went viral. There was suspicion of who the guys were. Our Union Minister Kirin Rijuju tweeted about this. Our police have traced and arrested the accused within few hours."