In a major breakthrough, police arrested three persons in connection with the gangrape of an eight-year-old girl on October 31 in the Polasara area of Ganjam district on Wednesday.
“All the three persons involved in the incident have been arrested and forwarded to court but the possibility of involvement of other persons can’t be brushed aside so investigation is still on,” said Ganjam Superintendent of Police Brijesh Ray.
Earlier, police had released sketches of the other suspects involved in the case. The cops have recovered house- breaking tools, stolen goods from the possession of the accused.
As per the complaint report, the minor girl was kidnapped and allegedly gangraped by three persons in a farmland in Balichhai area of Polasara. The victim is reportedly undergoing treatment at the MKCG Medical College Hospital here.
Preliminary investigation had revealed that three robbers allegedly broke open the door and entered the house of the girl when her family members were fast asleep. After looting valuables, the miscreants kidnapped the girl and gangraped her before fleeing the spot.
Following the incident, the police were under tremendous pressure to nab the culprits in the highly sensitive case, which had sent shockwaves in the State.