Bengaluru, July 16 -- Two lecturers of a privatecollege and their friend have been arrested for raping and blackmailing a 19-year-old woman on the pretext of academic assistance, police said on Tuesday.

According to police, the accused, identified as Narendra K, (27), a physics lecturer and Sandeep BN, (28), a biology lecturer from a college in Moodabidri, Dakshina Kannada district, and their friend R Anoop (27), a software engineer, were arrested in Bengaluru after the woman submitted a complaint to the Karnataka State Women's Commission on July 10.

According to her complaint, the woman, a student from the same college, visited Bengaluru for some work in February, when on the pretext of sharing academic notes, Narendra took her to Anoo...