A married woman of Sundargarh district’s Birmitrapur area was allegedly gangraped by five unknown miscreants in front of her husband on Wednesday afternoon.
Police are trying to identify and arrest all the five accused, who are at large now.
Sources said the couple had gone to visit the Pitamahal dam under Kalunga police outpost on Wednesday afternoon. At around 4.30 pm, four youths went near them on the dam and started dragging the woman. They beat up the husband as he opposed them.
While two of them allegedly caught hold of the husband, two others raped the woman taking turns. After that two youths, who had caught hold of the man, raped the woman. The woman’s woe didn’t end there, another youth came and raped her. Then the youths fled from the spot.
The couple lodged an FIR at the Kalunga police outpost under the Birmitrapur police station on Thursday afternoon. The police sent her for medical examination and started an investigaton. They were yet to be identified.
“All the five accused are absconding. Efforts are on to identify and arrest them,” said Sub-Inspector D Sahu.