Keonjhar: Police here today arrested three persons including a minor boy for allegedly gang-raping a widow in Keonjhar district.
Although the incident occurred on June 3, the matter came to light on June 5 after the victim lodged a complaint at the local police station in this regard.
According to reports, the victim, a vegetable seller, from Gurdwara Chhak in Barbil, was returning from Koida market in Sundargarh district when the accused trio abducted her. They forcibly took her in an SUV to a forest near Mundanala under Barbil police limits and outraged her modesty for 2 days.
They also threatened her not to reveal the matter before police and looted Rs 13,000 from her possession.
The victim later managed to escape and lodged a complaint with police on June 5.
Acting on the complaint, police today arrested the three accused persons and forwarded them to court.