While Karnataka was busy celebrating bursting crackers on the occasion of Diwali on Tuesday (October 21), a woman from West Bengal was allegedly gang-raped by three youths in Gangondanahalli in Bangalore Rural district the same night, cementing the question that lingers about women's safety in the state and its capital Bengaluru, located around 25 kilometres away from the place of occurrence.

The accused broke into the survivor’s rented house, where they committed the crime. The woman was later rescued, and she was receiving treatment in a hospital. It was reported that the accused were in an inebriated state. They fled after the incident.

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A case was registered at Madanayakanahalli Police Station, under the j

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