Police shoot at Bengaluru gang-rape suspect

Shobuz, a Bangladeshi resident, was arrested at the Shrirampur paper collectors shed. On the way to the police station, he tried to escape on the pretext of taking a loo break. According to reports, he was shot and injured when he attacked head constable Devende Nayak and a sub-inspector.

Bengaluru (Karnataka):One of the suspects arrested for allegedly raping and torturing a woman who was trafficked from Bangladesh was shot and injured by police in Benglauru while he tried to escape.

The case came to light after a video of the woman being tortured went viral.

Shobuz, a Bangladeshi resident, was arrested at the Shrirampur paper collectors shed. On the way to the police station, he tried to escape on the pretext of taking a loo break.

According to reports, he was shot and injured when he attacked head constable Devende Nayak and a sub inspector.

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On Saturday police arrested six suspects including two women.

The video was viral in the northeastern states of India and Bangladesh. The incident came to light after Assam police launched a probe and posted screenshots of the accused from the video. Bangladesh police later found the family members of the victim and coordinated with the Bengaluru police.

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The victim was trafficked to Bengaluru from where she managed to escape to Kerala. The arrested suspects found her and raped her as a punishment for escaping.

Police found the victim in Kerala's Calicut while the absconding accused were nabbed in Bengaluru on Thursday.

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