Overpowered by sleep, man fails to realise he is being gang-raped till it is too late, is violently attacked when he finally gets up and tries to resist
Overpowered by sleep, man fails to realise he is being gang-raped till it is too late, is violently attacked when he finally gets up and tries to resist
Drunk, dog tired and fast asleep, a 40-year-old man never realised when five young men crept in from a neighbouring room and began sodomising him one after the other.
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On Tuesday night, he fell asleep in the balcony of his employer's first-floor office. He awoke to realise he was being sodomised only after two of the young men had already violated him.
Up against five men
"When I came to my senses, I was naked and was being sodomised," said Laxman. "Five of them were there, and from their conversation I came to know that two had already raped me."
When Laxman resisted, the accused stabbed him with a knife and threw him down to the ground from the balcony.
Now he is recovering at the district hospital, while the accused are cooling their heels in a police lock-up.
Fond of films, Laxman had watched a late night show on Monday with friends at a makeshift, tent theatre and had been unable to get his night's sleep.
A hard day's work the next day meant he could not keep his eyes open for long after dark, and soon was sleeping like a log in the balcony.
Waiting to strike
The youths, migrants from Uttar Pradesh who sources in Laxman's office said had been eying Laxman for some time, took advantage of the situation.
"Laxman has the drinking habit, and he was drunk when the accused sexually attacked him," said Pavagada Srinivas, Laxman's employer. "And that is the reason why he did not react initially."
The accused were identified by the police as Rishi, Pran, Pradeep, Raju and Rinku, all about 30 years of age and hawkers in Tumkur.
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The five accused Rishi, Pran, Pradeep, Raju and Rinku, all of whom are hawkers in Tumkur are behind bars |
Test results awaited
"We have sent both the victim and the accused for a medical test and are waiting for the reports," said Superintendent of Police Kumarappa. "It seems to be a case of sodomy."
He said the accused had been booked for attempt to murder, assault and rape.
Srinivas said Laxman was from a poor background in Pavagada, a backward taluk in the state, and that he was an arts graduate.
What's sodomy?
Sodomy is a term applied to anal intercourse between two people. The origins of the word lie in the Bible, in which the city of Sodom is mentioned as a place where such sexual practices prevailed.
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