A married woman was allegedly gangraped by three men near the Gobara canal in Junagarh area of Kalahandi district on Saturday.
Acting on a complaint lodged by the victim, the Sadar police have arrested the accused. The arrestees were identified as Jhasketan Nag, Laxmikant Nag and Kishore Chandra Mahalik.
The husband of the woman, who works in Goa, had given some money to Jhasketan to hand it over to her. While Jhasketan gave Rs 1,000 to the woman at her house, he told her to receive the rest amount from him at an ATM kiosk at Gobara Chhak after withdrawal of the money.
As the woman reached the spot, Jhasketan and the two other accused, who were telephoned by him regarding her arrival, forcibly took her to a secluded place, where they raped her by turn.
On the basis of the woman’s complaint, police have registered a case under Sections 376D, 394, 294, 506 and 34 of IPC. The accused and the victim were sent for medical examinations.