Two women gang-raped in Karimganj, Assam

The incident took place at Nilambazar in Karimganj on Friday night while the two were returning home, Tripura.

The women aged 37 and 40, on Friday, had come to visit one's mother in Silchar Medical College Hospital(CMCH). who is admitted because of cancer.

They booked an Alto to return home when the driver tricked them and took a different direction and raped them along with five other persons.

However, they managed to escape from the building on Saturday and filed a complaint at Nilambazar police station.

Following which the police arrested three among them in charge of allegedly raping two women. And the other two accused run away.

"We are confident of arresting all the accused soon based on information provided by the victims as well as an interrogation of the three persons nabbed so far," Mayank Kumar, superintendent of police, Karimganj said.

Medical examinations of the victims have been conducted and further investigations are on.