Four arrested in sexual assault of Tamil Nadu woman

RAMANATHAPURAM: Four persons have been arrested by Ramanathapuram Town police for allegedly sexually assaulting a 38-year-old woman in an isolated location near Puthendhal village on Sunday night. All four accused were remanded in judicial custody on Wednesday.

Police said the woman was returning to her village in an autorickshaw late on Sunday night. Along the way, she made a stop to attend nature’s call, and made her way behind some bushes alongside a railway track. At the time, the accused — identified as Bhuvanesh Kumar (27), Saran Murugan (37), Selva Kumar (27) and Kutty @ Munish Kannan (26) of Puthendhal — arrived there and allegedly sexually assaulted her.