Police on Monday arrested a couple for their alleged involvement in the recent Puri gangrape case.
The accused were identified as Ranjit Parida and Soumya Shefalika Parida, informed Puri SP Umashankar Dash. The couple had brought the victim from Bhubaneswar to Puri.
With the arrest of the duo, the total number of arrests in the case rose to six. Cops had earlier arrested four persons, dismissed Constable Jeetendra Sethy, Rajesh Sethy, Rama Chandra Pradhan and CRPF jawan Bulu Barik, in connection with the case.
“We remain committed to our earlier announcement that we will submit charge-sheet in the case within 20 days and will, accordingly, take steps to give justice to the victim," the SP said.
He clarified that so far in the matter of payment of compensation to the victim, efforts are underway to put it up before the District Legal Service Authority (DLSA).
The SP said the process is underway to get the arrested accused on remand for further interrogation.
Notably, a minor girl was on December 2 given a lift in a car from the Nimapara bus-stand and taken to Puri, where she was gangraped in a police quarter near the Jhadeswari Club.