Gang-raping Manipal student; two of them attempt suicide

Manipal:  The three suspects wanted for allegedly gang-raping a young student in the university town of Manipal have been arrested. Two of them have been hospitalised after they reportedly attempted suicide.

"I received a call in the morning. The person on the other line revealed to me that he had committed the crime, and he is committing suicide as he knows he would not be spared," said Prathap Reddy, Inspector General (Western Range), 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.

She is recovering in hospital.