The Tigiria police on Wednesday arrested Kabata Behera, one of the accused in the gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl under Tigiria police station. A special squad nabbed him from Badambadi bus stand at Cuttack while he was trying to escape to Mumbai, police sources said. Earlier, on Tuesday, the police arrested the main accused Jaga Behera, boyfriend of the victim from his village.
“We have formed two separate squads to nab the other four accused, Amu Sahu, Prakash, Kalia and Sameer involved in the crime and hope to trace them shortly,” said Athagarh SDPO Krutibash Jena.The duo were forwarded to court after there bail pleas were rejected by a local court in Athagarh.
Notably, the victim was gang-raped by her boyfriend and five of his friends for three consecutive days from September 6 to 9 in a hut atop a hill in Badamba jungle.
The victim on Monday night had lodged a complaint at the Tigiria police station prompting the police officials to act. Meanwhile, medical examination of the main accused and the victim was conducted. The victim was admitted at the SCB Medical College, Cuttack.