CCTV grab of rapist attacking survivor with knife (encircled)

KOTA: In an audacious attack, a 36-year-old rape survivor and her husband were critically injured after a knife attack by the alleged rapist out on bail and his three accomplices in Kota on Wednesday morning. The couple

has been hospitalised while the accused are on the run.

The four first stabbed the woman’s 40-year-old husband in a marketplace multiple times and grievously wounded him. They then went to his house, about a kilometre away from the spot, and attacked the survivor, leaving her seriously injured as well.

“The two are undergoing treatment at the MBS Hospital. At least four persons attacked the 40-year-old man with knives many times. They later went to his home and attacked his wife. The couple received head and stomach injuries even as the accused managed to flee,” Kaithunipole SHO Pawan Kumar Meena said.

‘Accused was released on bail’

Kota: The attackers — Tinku Anwar, Sikku, Shahrukh and Abrar — all from Kota, were booked under IPC section 307 (attempt to murder).

Police said the injured woman, who is battling for life in the hospital, had lodged a rape and blackmailing complaint against Tinku Anwar in September this year. Subsequently, Anwar was arrested in October and jailed. He was released on bail about four days back.

Tinku had allegedly raped the woman in 2017 and filmed the act. After multiple threats from him for around two years, the rape survivor finally filed a complaint and the police arrested the accused, SHO Meena added.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)

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