Odisha woman raped at knifepoint in Tirupur; 3 migrant worker from Bihar held

The accused lured the family to their room after promising them jobs at the factory they were employed at

Chennai:

Three workers, including a minor, from Bihar were arrested in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 27-year-old woman at knifepoint after tieing up her husband and threatening to slash her child’s throat, police said.

This family of three from Odisha met the accused near the Tiruppur railway station on February 17, when they were reportedly contemplating returning to Odisha due to dissatisfaction with their jobs in the local garment manufacturing units, said Yadav Girish, the superintendent of police (SP) in Tirupur district.