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COIMBATORE: A pet dog belonging to a family identified a rapist and helped the family members hand over the accused to the police on Saturday.
The accused has been identified as S Dhilipkumar, 29, from Thillai Nagar at Selvapuram. He is a goldsmith and is unmarried.
On Friday night, Dhilipkumar visited a house in Selvapuram, where a mentally challenged woman resided.
The woman, 30, stayed separately in a shed and her family stayed inside the house. Electricity connection to the shed was provided by the woman s family.
Dhilipkumar had parked his vehicle 200 meters away from the house and visited the woman.