““Where’s The Haste Shown Towards Arresting A 75-Year-Old YouTuber And Me?”, Actress And BJP Member Kasthuri Slams DMK Govt Over Coimbatore Gang Rape Incident”, The Commune, November 08, 2025
“In a scathing critique of the Tamil Nadu government’s handling of women’s safety, prominent actress and BJP member Kasturi Shankar has lambasted the state police’s delayed response to the horrific gang rape of a 20-year-old postgraduate student near Coimbatore International Airport earlier this week. Her remarks, delivered during a public address, highlight growing public outrage over the incident and accuse authorities of prioritizing political vendettas over urgent criminal investigations.
The assault occurred late on November 2, when the victim and her boyfriend were parked in their car in the deserted Brindhavan Nagar area behind the airport. Three men on a stolen moped smashed the vehicle’s windshield, assaulted the boyfriend, and abducted the woman, subjecting her to a brutal gang rape in a secluded spot. The boyfriend, injured and seeking help, alerted police around 11 p.m., but the victim was not located until approximately 4 a.m. the next day, after she had desperately knocked on neighbors’ doors and local residents filed complaints. The perpetrators fled, abandoning the moped, but were apprehended later that night in Vellakinar near Thudiyalur following a police encounter in which they were shot in the legs while attempting to escape. The accused—identified as Sathish, Guna, and Karthik from Madurai district—remain in custody at Coimbatore Government Hospital.
Kasturi, known for her roles in Tamil cinema and her vocal support for BJP campaigns, used the platform to question the efficacy of the state’s law enforcement. “If three people steal a vehicle and go to Coimbatore without any obstacle, is this law & order?” she asked rhetorically, pointing to the ease with which the assailants traversed districts unchallenged. She further alleged that such crimes are rampant in the region, with no preventive police presence: “You know that such crimes are happening in these areas. No police came till the crime happened……”
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