Overview
- The attack occurred around 11 p.m. on Sunday when three men approached a parked car behind Coimbatore International Airport and assaulted the woman’s companion.
- The student was later found unconscious and without clothes in a nearby vacant plot and was taken to a private hospital, where doctors said her condition is stable.
- Peelamedu police registered a case under IPC sections including kidnapping and gang rape, and forensic teams collected evidence from the scene.
- Seven special teams are pursuing the accused, who remain on the run, with police intensifying night patrols around the airport area.
- Unnamed sources told media the suspects may have stolen a motorbike earlier that day, a detail police are examining as public outrage and political criticism grow.