Jharsuguda, Sep 14: A day after a woman was rescued from a canal in a critical state in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district, a case of gang rape and kidnapping had been registered with the local police here.
It’s stated that the woman belongs to Mangalabag area in Cuttack. She had boarded a train to Jharsuguda from where she was to catch a connecting train on September 8. However, she was allegedly abducted by three unidentified miscreants from the railway station here. The tormentors raped her and dumped her in a canal at Banjari village, 7 km from where she was kidnapped.
The villagers spotted her in a critical condition in the swampy area two days after the alleged incident. After being informed by the locals, a women’s organisation filed a complaint with Badamal police station on Saturday based on the ordeal narrated by the victim.
