The gangrape of a melody singer in Bhadrak district has sent shockwaves across the State. Reports said the victim, a married woman of Bishnupur village under the Dhamnagar police station of Bhadrak district, is a singer and works as an artist of an opera party. Though she was married since last three years, she was staying at her paternal house and eking out her living by performing in the opera party as an artist and singing in the melody shows.
On April 5, she was called up by two unknown youths to sing at a marriage procession at Kesharpur in the evening. However, the two youths, instead of taking her to Kesharpur, took her to a room where she was confined and raped for 24 hours. The victim, in a half-conscious state, managed to contact her family members on her mobile phone and they rushed to the spot and rescued her on Thursday. Victim’s father lodged a complaint at the Bhadrak Rural police station.