In a shocking incident two men broke into the house of a Tamil actress and allegedly raped her and also robbed her of money and jewelery. The unnamed victim is working as a supporting actress in Tamil cinema and lives in the Valasaravakkam area of ​​Chennai.

During the police investigation it came to light that the actress who is a divorcee and lives alone was financially affected by the coronavirus pandemic for the past two years. Since she got only rare chances to act in films she registered her cellphone in the locanto dating app and solicited customers for prostitution.

One Kannadasan befriended the actress on the dating app and became her customer visiting her often in her house. After ascertaining that the woman was alone and had money and jewels Kannadasan hatched a plan to rob her. He had then used Selvakumar to contact her as a customer and when the actress opened the door to let him in , he too forcefully entered the house.

The actress has said in her statement that the duo had knives with them and thats why she could not cry for help. The two men had then forcefully raped her and robbed her of jewels worth ten soveriegns and rupees fifty thousand in cash.

Based on the CCTV footage in the house and the neigbouring area the police quickly traced and arrested both Kannadasan and Selvakumar and slapped rape and robbery charges on them. The cops had also warned the actress for using the dating app to solicit customers.