Gang rape: Two arrested men try to flee, shot at and caught in Bengaluru

Earlier, five persons were arrested after a video clip of the incident surfaced in the Northeast.

Police fired at two of the five and apprehended them when they allegedly tried to attack the policemen and flee during a spot ‘mahazar’ early on Friday. A three-minute 45-second video clip showing four men brutally raping a young woman went viral in Northeast India on Thursday. Another woman, said to be an accomplice of the four, was also present during the incident. According to police, the four arrested men were taken to Karegowda Layout, K. Channasandra, where they stayed in a rented house early on Friday. Two of them, Ridoy Babu, 25, and Sagar, 23, tried to attack the policemen and flee, and they opened fire in self-defence, police say. Both were shot in their legs before they were apprehended and are now being treated at a government hospital, sources said.