A 20 -year-old girl of Chandanpur village under Pattamundai police station limits was allegedly gang-raped on Saturday night near her house by two youths, said Kendrapara SP Rabi Narayan Behera.
The victim’s mother lodged an FIR with the Pattamundai police the sameday. She alleged that while her daughter was returning home after witnessing the Saraswati idol immersion procession near her house, the accused, including a fellow villager, forcibly took her to a lonely place and raped her one after another.
Acting on the FIR, the police registered a case. A police team led by Choudakulat police outpost in-charge PK Singh conducted raid and managed to nab the accused. They were identified as Suresh Sethy (32), of Chandanpur village and Hrushikesh Sethy (29) of Gulnagar village under Kendrapara township area. Suresh is a fellow villager of the victim. The arrested youths and the victim would undergo medical examination on Wednesday before being produced in court