Two Tamil Nadu constables have been arrested and suspended for allegedly gangraping a 26-year-old Andhra woman on Tuesday, September 30, while she was on her way to a temple.

The woman, from Chittoor, was travelling with her step-mother to visit the Arunachaleshwar temple in Tiruvannamalai. Contables Sundar and Suresh Raj, who were on night patrol duty, intercepted their vehicle, asking them to step down for a ‘check.’

When they refused, the policemen dragged the victim out of the vehicle to a secluded spot and raped her.

She was later found by her stepmother, who rushed her to the Tiruvannamalai government hospital.

A case has been registered at the Tiruvannamalai All Women Police Station under Sections 68 (sexual intercourse by a person in authority) , 70 (gangrape) , and 87 (ab

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