NAMAKKAL: Police on Tuesday arrested five men who allegedly gang-raped a woman in front of her husband near Rasipuram in the Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday night.

The woman was gang-raped by five men while she was returning home with her husband after shopping.

“The men waylaid the couple. They tied the husband to a tree and raped her in front of him,” the Namagiripettai police, who are investigating the case, said.

Neighbours of the woman brought this issue to Namakkal district superintendent of police (SP) S R Senthil Kumar. The SP ordered the Namagiripettai police to register a case.

The police arrested the accused from their hideout on Tuesday morning. The accused were remanded in judicial custody.

Meanwhile, the victim was sent to Salem government hospital for medical examination.

