Mysuru's Alleged Gangrape Victim Left Without Giving Statement

Sources in the police said she was unwilling to record her statement. The police had been unable to record her statement earlier as the woman was in shock, the Karnataka government had said.

A 23-year-old woman who was allegedly gangraped on Tuesday at Chamundi Hills, a popular spot on the outskirts of Mysuru, has left the city with her family, without recording her statement with the police, sources have told NDTV. The omission weakens the case against the five men the police have arrested. Sources in the police said she was unwilling to record her statement. The police had been unable to record her statement earlier as the woman was in shock, the Karnataka government had said. The arrests and the First Information Report in the case -- which has triggered outrage in the state -- are based on the complaint filed by the woman's boyfriend, who was beaten up by the assailants on Tuesday evening. The police based the arrests on evidence, including bus tickets and liquor bottles near the crime scene and call detail record from mobile towers, reported news agency Press Trust of India quoting official sources.