Five youths under Bonei subdivision of Sundargarh district were arrested on Thursday allegedly for raping a girl inside a forest on Monday evening. The cousin brother of the victim was also beaten severely by the miscreants.
According to sources, the 19-year-old victim , a resident under K Balang police station under Bonei sub division, along with his cousin brother had gone to Renjda village to attend a ceremony on Monday evening. While they were returning home in a bike through Jalkatu forest, three miscreants had intercepted their bike.
When the cousin brother of girl stopped the bike, the miscreants had started beating him severely following which in fear he ran away into the forest.
Thereafter, two youths out of the three, had forcibly taken the girl inside the forest. A youth had gone in a bike and brought another two youths to the spot. The five youths then had forcibly gang raped the girl. Later, the miscreants had fled the spot. On Tuesday, they lodged a complaint in K Balang police station. The arrestees were identified as Dhansen Singh(24), Shankar Singh(21), Sahadev Singh(23), Rabindra Singh (23), all resident of Renjda village and Umesh Singh(24), a resident of Swayamba village.