Kozhikode: Two have been arrested and two others are absconding in connection with alleged gang-rape of a woman at Chevayur in the district.
Atholi-native Ajnas and Fahadh are in police custody for allegedly raping a woman hailing from Kollam after befriending her online.
Ajnas had reportedly connected with the woman on the social media platform Tiktok two years ago.
The four men are accused of raping the woman at a flat at Chevayur.
They are also accused of videographing the incident. The woman is under treatment at a hospital in the city with serious injuries.
The woman revealed the incident to the hospital staff, who informed the police. Ajnas and Fahadh were nabbed from Atholi.
Two days back, Ajnas brought the woman to a lodge. By 11 pm, his three friends, who had booked a different room at the same lodge, raped the woman, the police said.
It is understood that the four had also raped the woman at the terrace of the lodge after drugging her.
According to ACP, K Sudarsan, the four had brutally raped the woman. "After they feared that the woman might die, they dropped her at a private hospital and fled.”
