Odisha minor girl gang-raped by 3 youths, accused arrested
The incident occurred on September 22.
By : Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Update: 2019-09-29 19:43 GMT
ROURKELA: Odisha police on Sunday arrested three youths in connection with the gang-rape of a minor girl in Odisha’s Rourkela.
The police said the minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by the arrested youths in an isolated place under Sector-7 Police limits in Rourkela. The incident occurred on September 22.
According to reports, the girl had been to a local temple to perform puja. On her way back home, she was allegedly targeted by three youths. The miscreants took her to an abandoned place near Sector 7 and outraged her modesty.
The police arrested the accused after a complaint was by the victim’s family.
On Saturday, the police had arrested the key accused in Junagarh gang-rape case, taking the total number of nabbed culprits to nine.