Two persons of Bramhanigaon area in Kandhamal district were sent to jail for gang-rapping cousin sister, a nun, at Brahmapur ailway station area, police said on Sunday. The third accused is absconding, they added.
The victim nun was undergoing training in Chennai for last few months and she immediately returned after getting a call from her cousin who had told that her mother was ill. She was received by her cousin Jotindra Sobhasundar and his two friends at Brahmapur railway station on July 5.
The three accused picked her from the station and kept her at different undisclosed places before raping her repeatedly between July 5 and 11, said the police.
The victim lodged a complaint on July 13 at Bamunigaon police station acting on which the police arrested the duo. A medical examination has been conducted on the victim at a hospital in Brahmapur.
Notably, in another incident, a 28-year-old Catholic nun had been raped during the Kandhamal violence in 2008 which had created hue and cry in the country.