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The incident occurred on late June 15 night, stated a police official on Tuesday.
The police sources claimed that every one 10 accused individuals, together with two prime accused, have up to now been detained on this regard.
The incident got here to the fore on Monday after an FIR was lodged on the Gopalpur Police Station on the idea of the sufferer’s assertion.
As per experiences, the sufferer, who’s an undergraduate finding out at an area faculty, had gone to the seaside alongside along with her boyfriend on Sunday night. In the meantime, 10 youths belonging to the Hinjilcut space of the Ganjam district reached there at round 8 p.m. Discovering the couple alone on the seaside at an remoted spot, they began misbehaving with them.
Additionally they allegedly blackmailed the sufferer and her boyfriend after capturing some intimate photographs of the couple. Later, among the accused caught the boyfriend and tied him up whereas three of the accused individuals forcefully took the sufferer to a close-by spot and sexually abused her.
After the incident, the sufferer, alongside along with her boyfriend, instantly knowledgeable the police, who swung into motion and apprehended the 2 accused.
The police nabbed 5 others on Monday, finishing up raids at totally different locations within the Hinjlicut space of the district.
As per police sources, three absconding accused individuals, whereas attempting to flee to a neighbouring state, have been nabbed by police through the intervening night time of Monday and Tuesday.
The police have reportedly recorded the assertion of the sufferer and performed her medical examination.
The police are prone to arrest the accused individuals and ahead them to court docket later within the day.
The locals raised questions over the safety preparations on the Gopalpur seaside, which is at all times frequented by vacationers from Odisha and different states.
