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Widow gangraped near temple in Odisha

Source: PTI
May 08, 2013 19:05 IST
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A widow was allegedly gangraped near a temple by four people, who also recorded the incident in a mobile phone and circulated the video clip, in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Wednesday.

The woman was allegedly gangraped by Santosh Biswal, an autorickshaw driver, and three of his friends -- Manoj Kumar Sahu, Surendra Das and Krushna Behera --  near Tara Tarini temple at Purushottampur area on April 27, Ganjam Deputy Superintendent of Police Damodara Lenka said.

The woman did not immediately report the incident but lodged a complaint on May 5 after coming across the MMS, he said, adding that the four accused were arrested on Tuesday.

In another incident, one Sushant Behera was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl at Jilundi village on April 30.

She was taken to Bhubaneswar and raped, Bhanjanagar Sub Divisional Police Officer R C Sethi said, adding that the girl has been rescued.

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