India, Nov. 7 -- Police arrested the three men accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year old postgraduate student in Coimbatore, on Monday night, a day after the crime. Coimbatore City Police Commissioner Saravana Sundar on Tuesday said that they had to shoot the perpetrators in the leg when they tried to escape. The accused who are from Sivaganga district have been admitted to the government hospital in Coimbatore. Chief minister M K Stalin who did not respond on November 3 to charges by opposition parties that law and order is deteriorating in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday said that he has instructed the police to file a chargesheet in a month and ensure swift justice to the survivor.

The trio were intoxicated and stole a two-wheeler when they ...