Six get life imprisonment in 2022 rape case in Virudhunagar district

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A Fast Track Mahila Court successful Srivilliputtur connected Friday awarded beingness imprisonment to six accused aft uncovering them blameworthy of intersexual assault.

The lawsuit pertains to the abduction, assault, robbery and rape of a pistillate adjacent Aruppukottai successful Virudhunagar territory connected August 22, 2022.

The victim, a autochthonal of Aruppukottai, had gone to be a household relation astir noon and connected her mode backmost met her person adjacent Palavanatham. They went to a temple successful the locality.

While walking done the adjacent field, a pack of 7 persons intercepted them. Even earlier her person could react, they assaulted him. 

The unfortunate was dragged into a car and driven to a adjacent tank. The accused took turns to sexually battle her. Before fleeing, they assaulted her and robbed her golden jewellery. Two accused persons took photos of her and threatened to people them if she lodged a complaint.

A peculiar squad led by the past Deputy Superintendent of Police Preethi followed circumstantial clues and arrested Sreenivasan, Prabakaran, Vijay, Ramkumar and Jayakumar and Alagumurugan. Charge-sheet was filed wrong 60 days.

Lifer for six

Fast Track Mahila Court sessions justice M. Pushparani, who heard the case, sentenced the six accused persons to beingness imprisonment. Trial was being conducted separately against a juvenile who was besides arrested successful the case.

Inspector-General of Police Asra Garg, who past supervised the investigation, said the investigation of the CCTV footage collected from the vicinity of the transgression country and retrieval of the victim’s photographs that were deleted from the mobile phones of 2 accused persons, were important grounds to hole them successful the case.

“Several reviews were conducted by elder officers, including DIG of Police Ponni and SP Manoharan during the people of investigation, which added to the robustness and admissibility of the unimpeachable grounds yet submitted earlier the court,” helium said.

Published - November 30, 2025 09:35 p.m. IST

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