Four sentenced to 20 yrs jail for abduction and gangrape of doctor in Tamil Nadu

Four men were sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment by the Mahila Court in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore for their involvement in the abduction and gangrape of a doctor in 2022. The suspects arrested in the crime were identified by police as Parthiban, an auto driver, Mani alias Manikandan, a daily wage worker, and his friends Bharath and Santhosh. The fifth suspect, a juvenile, is facing trial before the juvenile justice board (JJB), police said.

They were produced before the Vellore sessions judge (fast track Mahila court) S Maheshwari Banurekha on Thursday, who awarded the sentences and imposed a fine of ₹25,000 on each of them.