Police on Tuesday arrested and court-forwarded five persons for allegedly raping and looting a married woman of Biramitrapur in Sundargarh district a week ago.
The police seized three mobiles and Rs 290 from the accused.
Sources said, the woman along with her husband had gone to visit Pitamahal dam under the Kalunga police outpost on November 16. While they were sitting on a culvert near the dam, the five came near them and forcibly took the women to the nearby jungle. They beat up her husband as he opposed them. While persons caught hold up her husband, the test two raped her in turns. They snatched away Rs 2,000 from them.
The couple lodged a complaint at the Kalunga police outpost on Thursday afternoon.
The arrested were identified as Suresh Dungdung(40) of Balanda colony, Kalia Oram (23) of Garjan Sukratola, Biranchi Majhi (25) and Santosh Sethi (21) and Motu alias Prakash lakra(20) of Juna Balamda, all in Rourkela.
According to police, Suresh and Kalia had raped the woman while other three had helped them and looted the couple.