Eight persons belonging to Arcot were arrested on Saturday in connection with the gang-rape of an 18-year-old married girl living with her parents in Arcot after estrangement with her husband.

The victim has a two-year-old child.

Estranged

According to police sources, after estrangement with her husband, the girl was living with her parents in Arcot town, and was having an affair with Praveen Kumar (18), also a resident of Arcot.

On Friday night, Praveen Kumar took the girl to the Subramaniaswamy Temple in Vallimalai.

After paying a visit to the temple, he took her to a secluded spot in Vallimalai, where he along with seven of his friends, who were waiting there, gang-raped her.

R. Tamil Chandran, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Vellore Range and P.K. Senthilkumari, Superintendent of Police (SP), Vellore visited the spot and conducted enquiries.

The girl was sent to the Government Vellore Medical College Hospital, Adukkamparai, where the medical examination confirmed the rape.

Case registered

The Melpadi Police registered a case under section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested the following eight persons:

Praveen Kumar (18), Anand (25), Hemanth Kumar (24), Satheesh (20) and Mohan (18) of Thoppukkana, Arcot, and Shanmugam (17), Satheesh (19) and Saravanan (19), all of Tajpura, Arcot.

Medical examination of the victim confirmed the assault