Tamil Nadu college student gang raped by 3 men near airport, accused on the run

Mangalore Today News Network

Coimbatore, Nov 3, 2025: A 19-year-old college student was allegedly gang raped by three men behind the Airport area in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore on Sunday night.

Police said the victim was with her friend in a car when the men approached them, attacked her friend, abducted her, and fled the spot.

The friend immediately alerted the authorities, following which police launched a search operation and found the woman unconscious. She was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Sources said the accused had earlier stolen a motorbike on Sunday before committing the crime. The woman was reportedly taken to a secluded area where she was sexually assaulted.

Police have formed seven special teams to trace and arrest the culprits.

Reacting to the incident, former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai said the case reflects the DMK government’s failure to ensure women’s safety. In a post on X, he called the assault “deeply shocking” and wished for the survivor’s speedy recovery.

He wrote, “Since the DMK government came to power in Tamil Nadu, incidents like this series of crimes against women clearly show that anti-social elements have absolutely no fear of the law or the police.”

Annamalai further alleged that there is a “clear tendency to protect sexual offenders” within the ruling dispensation and accused the DMK government of using the police to target critics instead of maintaining public safety. He said Chief Minister MK Stalin “should hang his head in shame” over the deteriorating law and order situation.

In another 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.

The students, studying at a private college in Kuniyamuthur, had befriended the minor through a social media app. When she failed to return home after meeting one of them, her family filed a missing complaint.

The girl was later found and alleged that she had been assaulted by the students. Police arrested all seven and placed them under judicial custody.