Two accused were arrested by the Mahila police in the wee hours of Tuesday in connection with the gang-rape of a girl at a lonely location on the outskirts of the city in the night of July 18. The duo was arrested from the Khandapada area of Nayagarh district.
The two were identified as Ranjan Sethy (28) of Gaudapatna and Bikash Sethy (26) alias Bikali of Barapalli village under the Khandapada police station. They were absconding since July 18.
The girl, who is staying with her family at OMC Colony of the Unit-8 area in the city, had lodged a complaint with the Mahila police on Friday last after she was rescued by the Chandaka police. The main accused Jitendra Biswal had been arrested by the Mahila police on the same day.
Notably, the girl knew Biswal through social networking site Facebook. On July 18, Biswal called her over phone to meet him at the Patia Big Bazaar mall for shopping and lunch. After the lunch, he along with her went in a long drive, but the girl didn’t know that the other two, including the driver, would join with them and outrage her modesty in the vehicle.