CHENNAI: An 18-year-old woman was kidnapped from the Kilambakkam bus terminus and sexually assaulted in a moving auto, the police said on Wednesday. The Tambaram police have detained three men in connection with the case.
While police sources have not officially confirmed their arrest, they said that the trio are undergoing an inquiry.
The survivor, a native of Assam, was waiting for a bus near the busy Kilambakkam terminus on Monday night when she was allegedly kidnapped in an autorickshaw and sexually assaulted at knifepoint.
The woman employed as a domestic worker in Salem had arrived in Chennai to visit a relative in Madhavaram.
Around 11 pm, she got off a bus at Kilambakkam and stepped out of the terminus as she was unable to find another bus. An auto driver and his two friends allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted her. Later, they put her in another auto, asking the driver to drop her at Koyambedu. The auto driver helped her contact her relatives, who alerted the police.
Police rescued the woman her near Koyambedu around midnight. The woman is undergoing medical examination and counselling.