Manipal rape: Rape accused attempt suicide in custody

Manipal: One of the two arrested accused in the recent Manipal rape attempted suicide in custody today and is now admitted in a hospital. Achieving some success in a major manhunt for three suspected rapists, Karnataka Police arrested two of the alleged rapists of a fourth year medical student in Manipal. “The student was abducted last week after she left the library late at night by the men who were reportedly in an auto-rickshaw. The police say they took the student, who is from Kerala, to a secluded place and raped her”— a NDTV report said.[caption id=“attachment_909913” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Protesting crime against women. AFP[/caption] Both the university and the police announced a cash reward of three and two lakhs rupees respectively for any information on the suspects. Before the arrests were made, the police questioned nearly 9,000 autorickshaw drivers in Manipal. The girl is recuperating at a medical facility, the NDTV report said.