Chennai: The police have arrested three men in connection with the brutal gang-rape of a postgraduate college student near Coimbatore International Airport, a case that sent shockwaves across Tamil Nadu.

The accused were nabbed after a dramatic chase and gunfire exchange early Tuesday morning.

According to police sources, the 21-year-old victim, hailing from Madurai, is a first-year postgraduate student at a private Arts college in Coimbatore. She stayed in a private hostel and went out on Sunday with her boyfriend, a resident of Ondipudur.

The couple had parked their car in Prithvivan Nagar, behind the airport, and were talking when the horrific incident unfolded around 11 p.m.

Three unidentified men approached them and ordered them to get out of the car. When the couple tried to fle

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