4 held for teen’s gangrape in Kochi

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Four people, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old woman after she left a party at a hotel in Kochi on Thursday night, police said on Saturday. Kochi police commissioner (CP) CH Nagaraju said the incident took place when the survivor arrived at the hotel with a woman friend from Rajasthan.

In her statement, the survivor said she was invited to the party by her friend who introduced her to the men. She said the men offered to drop her home after she got inebriated, the CP said.