The Tamil Nadu Police on Tuesday arrested three men accused of abducting and raping a college student near Coimbatore International Airport late Sunday night, following an intensive 36-hour manhunt that deployed seven special teams and nearly the entire city police force.

The three were intercepted on the outskirts of Mettupalayam on Monday night and shot in the legs after allegedly attempting to escape, Coimbatore City Police Commissioner Saravana Sundar said. “The accused were trying to escape from the spot when the police had to shoot them in the leg in Vellakinaru,” he said.

The men, identified as Guna, Karuppasamy and Karthik alias Kaleeswaran, were taken to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital. A head constable was also injured in the scuffle, police said.

Police said the survivor,

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