Udupi : The judicial custody period of all the five accused in the Manipal gang rape case has been extended till August 12. The five whose judicial custody period expired on July 29, were produced before the district court on Monday.
The main accused Yogish, Hariprasad, and Anand were brought from Shimoga jail, while Harindra and Balachandra, elder brothers of Hariprasad and Yogish respectively, were brought from Hiriadka jail. They were then sent to Shimoga and Hiriadka prisons respectively.
The incident that hit headlines across the nation had taken place on the night of July 20.The fourth year MBBS student of Manipal University who was on way home from the University Library at around 11.30 pm was abducted by three autorickshaw bound assailants. They had later gang raped her at Onthibettu before dropping her near her residence almost two and a half hours later.