Minor girl gang-raped in Odisha’s Bisra, six held

ROURKELA: Bisra police arrested all the six men allegedly involved in the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl at Teterkela village and produced them in the special POCSO court at Sundargarh town on Saturday.

On Friday, police had detained five accused immediately after the girl lodged a complaint. The sixth accused was nabbed on Saturday.

Police said the victim accompanied by a minor boy had gone to attend the Tushu festival at Teterkela village ground on Thursday evening when the six accused confronted them. After scaring away the boy, they forcibly took the girl to a lonely place and raped her by taking turns. On Friday morning, the accused left the girl near the festival ground and fled.