NE NEWS SERVICE
COIMBATORE, DECEMBER 3
The prime accused in the schoolgirl gang-rape case surrendered before the Mahila Court cum special Court for Children in the city on Tuesday.
Based on the information given by the accused, T. Rahul, 21, R. Prakash, 22, S. Karthikeyan, 28, and S. Narayanamurthy, 30 arrested on Sunday, police were searching for the main accused Manikandan of Seeranaickenpalayam and Karthik aka “Puffs’’ Karthi of Vadavalli.
Meanwhile, Manikandan identified as the main accused in the gangrape case surrendered before the court.
Manikandan and five others have been accused of gang-raping the girl after assaulting her male friend outside a park in Seeranaickenpalayam in Coimbatore on November 26. The men had also allegedly videographed their acts. The incident took place when the girl and her 19-year-old friend came out from the park after celebrating her birthday around 8.30 p.m. on November 26.
While four accused, T. Rahul, 21, R. Prakash, 22, S. Karthikeyan, 28, and S. Narayanamurthy, 30, from Seeranaickenpalayam were arrested on Sunday, Manikandan surrendered on Tuesday. The other accused Karthik aka ‘Puffs’ Karthi of Vadavalli is still absconding.