Overview

• The incident occurred in March 2022 when the victim, a doctor from Bihar, and her male colleague were abducted by a gang posing as a shared auto service in Katpadi, Tamil Nadu.
• The gang attacked the male colleague and raped the doctor at knifepoint near the Palar riverbed, also robbing them of valuables and withdrawing ₹40,000 from their accounts.
• Four adult suspects—an auto driver, a daily wage worker, and two of their friends—were sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined ₹25,000 each by the Vellore Mahila Court.
• A fifth suspect, a juvenile, is undergoing trial before the Juvenile Justice Board, with no verdict yet issued in his case.
• The conviction was achieved through diligent evidence collection by the police, who uncovered the crime during an unrelated arrest for a drunken brawl involving three of the suspects.