Chennai, Oct. 4 -- Tamil Nadu police has dismissed two constables - D Sureshraj and P Sundhar - from service after they were arrested of raping a woman in Tiruvannamalai district. The survivor has been sent back home to her native in Andhra Pradesh, as per her wish with the help of state officials after she received treatment, said a senior official.

"After they were arrested, we dismissed them under disciplinary proceedings," said an officer in Tiruvannamalai who didn't wish to be named.

The crime had happened on the night of September 30. The two constables were suspended and arrested on the following day and dismissed from government service on October 2 under Article 311 (clause 2) of the Constitution, the officer quoted above said....