Tamil Nadu: Salesgirl raped by man she knew, 4 others – Times of India

CHENNAI: A 20-year-old salesgirl at a mobile shop in Kancheepuram was repeatedly raped by a man she knew and four of his friends on Thursday night.
Gunaseelan, 23, who had befriended her first on social media and then visited her often at her workplace, had lured the woman to ride with him saying he would take her to meet someone for a better job. He then gave her a soft drink he had spiked with sedatives and took her to his farm at Melkathipur near Kancheepuram. By then the woman was swooning and her raped her repeatedly in the motorshed.
Gunaseelan then called up four of his friends who came in a car. They too took turns raping the woman.
As soon as the woman regained consciousness, she screamed out and some villagers gathered there. They saw her semi-naked and two men in a similar state. The villagers tried to rescue the woman, but the suspects managed to flee in the car with the woman. Later, they pushed her out on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway near Baluchetty Chatiram and sped away.
The survivor went to the Baluchetty Chatiram police station and filed a complaint. She was taken to the Kancheepuram government hospital where superintendent of police (SP) M Sudhakar arrived and conducted an inquiry. Special teams soon nabbed the accused men.
Police identified them as Gunasekaran, 24, of Nakheeran Street in Orikkai, Gunaseelan of Vaniyar Street in Periya Kancheepuram, Ajith Kumar, 23, of Kachabeshwarar Mada Street, and Jebanesan, 29, of Periya Kancheepuram. The fifth man, Kamaraj, 23, of Kamaraj Street in Kancheepuram, was arrested from Salem late on Friday. The car was also seized from him.
Police said Gunaseelan had introduced himself as a businessman and realtor to the woman. On one of his visits to her workplace, the woman asked Gunaseelan if he could help her find a betterpaying job. He promised and on Thursday evening picked her up at her workplace and they set off on his two-wheeler. Police said he had planned the whole thing as he had bought sedatives and mixed it in a soft drink.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)