One Dhiren Nath (20), son of Rasananda Nath of Ramchandrapur village under the Patkura police station, on Saturday night lodged an FIR with the police that while he and his 22-year-old sister were in their house, some fellow villagers allegedly barged into his house and raped his sister over past enmity. They smashed the house articles.
When the villagers entered into his house, Nath hid himself in his house apprehending attack. later, he rescued his sister in a critical condition and took her to the District Headquarters Hospital.
The Patkura police registered a case bearing case no-81/16 under Section 376(d) and 395 of IPC against the accused, the Additional SP-cum- in-charge SP of Kendrapada Ramesh Chandra Mohanty informed.
On Sunday, Mohanty and SDPO Purna Chandra Pradhan rushed to the hospital to meet the victim girl and conducted an inquiry. Police also launched an investigation but had not arrested any one.
Notably, nine out of the 10 accused were between the age group of 45 to 62 years, informed Mohanty.