BENGALURU: A woman who was in the city to enrol for tennis training was allegedly gangraped near the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) in Central Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park on Wednesday night.

The survivor, who is in her early 30s, had come to Bengaluru from the neighbouring district of Tumkur to sign up for training at KSLTA, but was stranded in the Karnataka capital.

“She came from Tumkur yesterday (Wednesday) with the intention of joining the tennis club inside the park, however the club was closed by then and she was asked to come back the next day,” said Sandeep Patil, deputy commissioner of police.

Around 9pm, the two security guards, who according to reports work with the horticulture department, saw her near the club and started talking to her. “They told her that they would help her with the way. As they were walking near Siddalingaiah circle the park, they raped her,” Patil added. The guards left the woman by the side of the road.

Police said that two constables on night patrol found her by the road and that's when they heard about the rape. Based on the survivor's statement, the security guards of the tennis association were arrested on rape charges.

This is the third such incident in the last two months. On October 5, a BPO employee was allegedly raped by the driver and cleaner of a minivan and dropped off just metres from the Madiwala Police Station in the IT City. A week ago, another young woman was allegedly gangraped on a moving mini-bus in Hoskote, 40 km from Bengaluru.

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