A 15-year-old Dalit girl was gangraped by three youths near Gopalpur in the Chandbali area of the district in the wee hours of Monday.
Though one of the accused was taken to police custody, the three other accused are still at large. As per a complaint lodged by the victim’s family, after watching opera near Kalipadia, the girl was on her to her maternal uncle’s house with her cousin brother by bicycles.
Midway, four bike-borne youths intercepted them in front of fire station near Chanbali College Square. They first snatched the smartphones from them and thrashed the girl’s cousin and gagged him.
Later, three of them gagged the girl and dragged her inside a bush and rape her.
When the accused were trying to flee, her brother managed to nab one of them identified as Biswajit. Later, locals tied him up with ropes and gave him a good thrashing before handing him over to police.