Woman Gangraped In Front Of Fiancee In Odisha’s Nayagarh, Incident Videographed

Nayagarh: A 21-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three unidentified persons in front of her fiancee inside a forest in Odisha’s Nayagarh district.

Though the incident took place on October 20, it came to light after the survivor lodged a complaint with Fategarh police station on Friday, police said.

The incident happened when the woman and her fiancee were returning home after visiting Fategarh Ram Temple in the evening.

“Three unknown persons intercepted the two near Pithakhai forest and forcefully took them into the forest and gang raped the woman while threatening her fiancee with a knife,” news agency PTI quoted Khandapada Sub-divisional Police Officer Bimal Kumar Barik as saying.

“The accused persons recorded the incident on a mobile phone and uploaded the video on social media. It has gone viral on social media,” Barik said.

After registering a case, the police have detained three persons in this connection and started interrogating them, he said.

“The process to record the statement of the victim is underway. Her medical examination will also be done,” he added.