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Kannur: On Thursday, three persons were arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape of a Tamil Nadu woman in the Kannur district of Kerala, said police.
The Kannur City Police arrested a woman named Malar, a native of Tamil Nadu, Bijeesh and Mustafa, natives of Nileswaram from Salem in connection with the incident.
The police said that Malar is related to the victim's spouse.
"The incident took place on August 27. The young woman was gang-raped after she went unconscious by drinking alcohol mixed juice. The victim is undergoing treatment at the Kannur district hospital," said TK Ratnakumar, Assistant Commissioner of Police.
She arrived in Kannur from Tamil Nadu on August 23 and was living in Malar's house.
After the hospital authorities informed the police, the accused ran away from the state.
"Later, in the investigation led by the Kannur City Police, three accused including a woman in the case were taken into custody from Salem," Mr. Ratnakumar added.
According to the report, rape-related crimes were classified under five categories, such as assault with an intent to outrage modesty of a woman, rape, insult to modesty of a woman, attempt to commit rape, murder with rape, and gang-rape.
In most cases, the accused was known to the victim. However, only 10% of cases completed trials by 2018, with acquittals in 73% of the cases.
According to the report, 1,597,466 such crimes were reported in India from 2001 to 2018.
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