Odisha schoolgirl gangrape case: All five accused arrested
With this, the total number of arrests in the case has risen to five.
Kendrapara (Odisha), Aug 13 (PTI) Police on Wednesday arrested four more persons for their alleged involvement in the gangrape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Odisha's Kendrapara district.
The prime accused was identified as Happy Mallick, the class 10 student's paternal aunt.
All five have been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
While Mallick has already been sent to jail after a local court rejected her bail application, the four others will be produced in court later in the day, police said.
Police said the accused also recorded the assault on video.
According to the FIR, the survivor alleged that her relative visited their residence on Raksha Bandhan (August 9) and offered to take her to a temple in a nearby village.
Instead, she was taken to a deserted spot, where four others were waiting, and was gang-raped.
'It seemed that the crime was pre-planned and the relative of the girl was the main accused,' a police officer said.
The accused allegedly threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed the incident to her family.
The survivor's statement was recorded on Wednesday in the presence of a magistrate, an officer added. PTI CORR AAM AAM MNB
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