Techie's rape in Kerala resort: Two migrant workers arrested

Thiruvananthapuram: Two migrant workers from Assam were arrested for allegedly raping a Bangalore-based woman IT professional in a backwater island resort at Pozhiyur near here last month.

Police identified those arrested as Lakinath (20) and Persuanagam (22), both from Jorhat district in Assam. They were engaged for maintenance works at the resort by a contract firm.

According to police, they had marks of scuffles on their body and the two confessed to the crime during interrogation.

Photo shows nail marks on accused Lakinath's hand - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri

The victim, a 40-year-old professional working with a Bangalore-based IT company, was allegedly raped by two persons in the star-category resort in the wee hours on November 28.

The woman had come to the resort, located about 30 km from here, with a group of colleagues as part of an official trip.

According to her complaint, two unidentified persons entered her room at around 2.30 am. While one of them restrained her, the other man raped her.

The woman suffered injuries and was in a traumatised state after the incident, about which she made a complaint to the police the next evening.

Police registered a case of rape on the basis of the victim's statement. She has left for Bangalore. Since then the resort had been under surveillance and investigation mostly centred round its employees and workers.