Woman gangraped in front of fiancé, incident videographed
Bhubaneswar: A 21- year-old woman has been allegedly gangraped by three unidentified persons in front of her fiance in a forest in Nayagarh district, police said Friday. Though the incident took place October 20, it came to light when the survivor complained with Fategarh police station Friday.
The incident happened when the woman, along with her fiance was returning home after visiting Fategarh Ram Temple in the evening. “Three unknown persons intercepted the two near Pithakhai forest and forcefully took them into the forest and gangraped the woman while threatening her fiancé with a knife,” Khandapada Sub-divisional Police Officer Bimal Kumar Barik said. “The accused recorded the incident on a mobile phone and uploaded the video on social media where it has gone viral,” Barik said. After registering a case, the police detained three persons in this connection and started interrogating them, he said.
