Three men accused of gang-raping a postgraduate student near Coimbatore airport were arrested after a gunfight with police. The suspects, with prior criminal records, were injured in the encounter and hospitalised under police custody.

Chennai: The police have arrested three men in connection with the brutal gang-rape of a postgraduate college student near Coimbatore International Airport, a case that sent shockwaves across Tamil Nadu.

The accused were nabbed after a dramatic chase and gunfire exchange early Tuesday morning.

According to police sources, the 21-year-old victim, hailing from Madurai, is a first-year postgraduate student at a private Arts college in Coimbatore. She stayed in a private hostel and went out on Sunday with her boyfriend, a resident of Ondipudur.

The couple h

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