Four men who allegedly gang-raped a doctor after abducting her in an auto in Katpadi in 2022 were sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment by the Mahila Court here.<\/p>\n

The incident had caused political outrage in the state, leading to the opposition parties demanding stringent action on the perpetrators.<\/p>\n

The suspects arrested in the crime were identified by police as Parthiban, an auto driver, Mani alias Manikandan, a daily wage worker, and his friends Bharath and Santhosh. The fifth suspect, a juvenile, is facing trial before the juvenile justice board, police said.<\/p>\n

They were produced before the Vellore Sessions Judge (fast track Mahila court) S Mageswari Banu Rekha on Thursday, who awarded the sentences and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each of them.<\/p>\n

The victim, along with her male colleague was waiting for an auto on March 16, 2022, at 12.30 am in Katpadi when the auto-borne gang of five convinced them to board the vehicle claiming it to be a share auto. However, the duo was taken to the Palar river bed, where the gang attacked the lady doctor’s colleague and reportedly raped her after immobilising her colleague at knife-point, said police.<\/p>\n

The duo were robbed of their mobile phones, two sovereign gold jewellery and ATM cards with which the gang withdrew Rs 40,000.<\/p>\n

The incident came to light after three members of the gang were reportedly arrested in connection with a drunken brawl. During the interrogation, they confessed to committing the gang rape along with two others, leading to the arrest of the remaining suspects.<\/p>\n

An online complaint was later obtained from the lady doctor, police said.<\/p>\n

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