The Raibania police apprehended a rapist from West Bengal after nine months of occurrence of the crime, involving gang rape of a minor, a Class-X student.
The accused identified as Subash Murmu of Jadukata village under Nayagram police station of Jhargram district of West Bengal was nabbed following a raid in his village by the Raibania police with the help of their Bengal counterparts. Murmu was forwarded to court following his medical examination and further sent to jail by the court.
Murmu and three others, as per the complainant ,while committed the crime, rest including one more prime accused Dillip Baskey are still at large, said the police.
Although the incident occurred in October last year, yet the matter came to light in March this year when the video footage of the act surfaced in social media and went viral in the bordering villages of Odisha and West Bengal.
The mother of the victim lodged the compliant with the Raibania police in second week of March.
According to the victim, a resident of Raibania village bordering W Bengal, she encountered the sexual assault by the accused persons on October 20 last year when she was going in a bicycle to Chudamani square.
They after taking her forcibly to a secluded place, nearby a jungle, committed the offence, while some of them filmed the act.
After committing the rape, they had threatened the victim of dire consequences in case she disclosed the matter, before fleeing from the spot.
The victim had not divulged about the incident to anyone out of fear.