In a shocking incident, a 22-year-old woman, who had come from her village Patharapuri in Nayagarh district to visit her husband lodged in Ganjam district’s Bhanjanagar jail, was allegedly kidnapped and gangraped by a group of four men on Monday.
Police have arrested all the four accused, identified as Badala Pradhan (30), Prasanta Panigrahi (30), Simanchal Patnaik (33) and Narayan Behera (30), an auto-driver, all belonging to Belagutha. According to reports, the woman reached Bhanjanagar on Sunday night, and failed to meet her husband. Since she was very poor and could not afford to stay in a hotel, she chose to spend the night on the verandah of the Sub-Divisional Hospital, Bhanajangar, deciding to meet her husband on Monday morning.
Taking advantage of her loneliness, the accused allegedly kidnapped her from there on Monday morning took her to a nearby jungle towards the Kalinga Road in the auto and took turns to rape her. The victim managed to jump from the auto at Jamapalli when the accused were allegedly taking her towards Belaguntha. Some villagers rescued the woman and detained the accused along with the vehicle and informed the police.