College student kidnapped, gang-raped in Ballari, One held

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Ballari, Oct 15, 2023: Ballari police has arrested one person in connection with the kidnapping and gangrape of a college student in Bellary district. The case came to light on Saturday when the survivor, a B.Com student, filed a complaint with Ballary Woman’s Police Station against four persons for allegedly kidnapping her from outside her college campus and gang-raping her in a hotel.

One of the accused, claiming to be her brother, called the woman out of the class while she was taking an exam. They then forced her into an auto and took her to a hotel room in Sanapura in Koppal district. There, they forced her to drink beer laced with a drug. As the woman lost consciousness, the accused gang-raped her.

On regaining consciousness, the survivor had lodged a complaint against Naveen, Saqeeb, Tanu and another person. All accused are residents of Kaul Bazar in Ballari.

More details are awaited and further investigation is on in this regard.