Hyderabad, June 25: The Hyderabad Police on Thursday arrested two software engineers for attempting to rape a 25-year-old woman who was looking for a job.
The two techies, identified as 32-year-old Madhu Babu alias Teja and 26-year-old Praveen, took the woman out for drinks to a restaurant and allegedly spiked her soft drink.
Police said the incident took place on June 20, on the victim’s birthday. The accused took her, an MCA graduate, to their flat instead of dropping her off at her hostel and tried to rape her.
The girl resisted and cried for help when the residents of the building rushed to her rescue.
Based on the victim’s statement, police registered a case of attempted rape against the duo. The two men were arrested while they were hiding in their car at a prominent park in the city.
–Agencies