In a shocking incident, a young woman was allegedly gang-raped by three men near the Coimbatore International Airport on Sunday (2 November 2025) night. The victim, an MBA student at a private college near Peelamedu, was abducted after the assailants first attacked her male friend who was with her.
According to police, the horrific crime unfolded around 11 PM on Sunday. The student was speaking with her friend inside a car near the airport when the three-member gang, who had arrived on a stolen motorbike, noticed them.
The men allegedly assaulted the woman’s boyfriend, forced him out of the car, and then kidnapped her. They fled the spot with the victim, taking her to a secluded area behind a private college located about a kilometer from the airport.
There, the trio sexually assaulted her. In a further act of brutality, they abandoned her at the isolated spot without her clothes.
The injured friend immediately alerted the police, who launched a massive search operation. After hours of searching, the woman was found unconscious in the isolated area around 4 AM on Monday. She was rushed to a private hospital near Sitra for medical treatment and care. Her injured friend was admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for his injuries.
Police sources revealed that the accused had earlier stolen a motorbike from the Kovilpalayam area on Sunday, 2 November 2025, before traveling to Airport Road and committing the crime.
In response to the heinous crime, the Coimbatore police have constituted seven special teams to trace and apprehend the culprits. The investigation is ongoing.
This case is the latest in a series of serious crimes against women in the state that have raised concerns. In a separate incident from February this year, seven college students were arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Kuniyamuthur.
In that case, the students, from a private college, had befriended the minor through a social media app. The girl’s family filed a missing complaint after she failed to return home following a meeting with one of the accused. She was later found and told authorities she had been assaulted by the group. All seven students were arrested and placed in judicial custody.
(Source: Times of India)
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