15-year-old school student gang-raped by five in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Aug 12 (UNI) A 15-year-old girl, a 10th class student, was allegedly gang-raped by five persons, including one of her close relatives, in a village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district.

According to the complaint lodged by the rape survivor, the incident occurred on Raksha Bandhan on August 9.

The relative, who had visited the victim’s house, had taken her to a temple in the nearby village on a motorcycle on which she sat behind him.

Later, the accused, instead of taking her to her destination, took her to a deserted place where she was allegedly raped. The victim’s nightmarish ordeal was prolonged further as four other suspects, who were near the spot, raped her in turn.

The crime was pre-planned, while the victim did not suspect foul play in the ploy devised by the principal accused.

Later, the accused left her at the deserted spot with the principal accused, who was a close relative, threatening her of dire consequences is she revealed the sexual assault inflicted upon her, police said, quoting the contents of the First Information Report.

However, the victim later confided in the sequence of sexual torture she experienced during the evening hours of the Raksha Bandhan. The complaint was lodged by the victim yesterday evening.

Police apprehended all five accused named in the FIR.

They are currently under detention and are being quizzed. A senior police officer said, “The rape survivor, besides the alleged accused persons, will be medically examined.

A case has been registered.” Further investigation into the case is underway.