The condition of the Banki gang-rape survivor was stated to be critical at the SCB Medical College Hospital here on Monday while the Cuttack rural police arrested three persons in connection with the incident and forwarded them to court after their medical examination.
Seeking adequate compensation for the victim’s family, thousands of irate locals staged a road blockade near Trisulia on the outskirts of the city paralysing traffic on the Cuttack-Banki road for over five hours. They relented when the district administration’s assurance came along with a part of the compensation of Rs 75,000 to the family.
Cuttack Rural SP Gurudas Kundu said the three arrested persons were identified as bootleggers from the nearby Athgarh area.The victim, a 30-year-old tribal woman of Kuamada village, was rescued in a critical condition from a nearby jungle on Sunday evening.
The police said the hands and legs of the woman were tied with a rope and she had sustained multiple injuries.The woman had gone to the jungle to collect fuel wood when the trio passing by that way by their scooter saw the woman alone and raped her one after other.