Chidambaram outrage: Out on joyride, girl resists rape, done to death

A college student was done to death when she resisted a rape attempt by a five member gang while her male friend suffered serious injuries when he tried to take them on at nearby Kattumannar Kovil, police said.

Police said woman was riding pillion with her friend when the gang accosted them and forcibly tried to take her away. As she resisted, they slit her throat, killing her on the spot.

Her friend snatched the knife and attacked the gang, injuring two of them. However he was overpowered and attacked, suffering serious injuries, after which the gang fled.

He managed to call his friends over cellphone following which they rushed to the spot and found the woman dead.

The man has been hospitalised, police said.

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