Town police on Tuesday arrested three persons of a family, who had been on a fast unto death since Monday at the SDPO office of Kendrapara and were trying to immolate them, demanding justice in a gang-rape case.
According to police sources, one Puspalata Jena, who was allegedly gang-raped on March 19 last by four persons behind an abandoned school in Ghodadanda village under Patakura police station, had along with family members staged fast unto death, demanding arrest of the accused and rehabilitation.
On Tuesday, while Puspalata, her husband Rabindra and mother Dulani allegedly made an attempt at self immolation by pouring kerosene, Kendrapara town police rushed to the spot and managed to arrest the trio. The police also took into custody two kids of Puspalata and later, handed them over to RIESWA, a short stay home. later, the police registered a case under various Sections of IPC against Puspalata and her kin. The trio was later produced before the SDJM court of Kendrapara where they were remanded to jail custody.