College student raped by 10 on Odisha beach | India News

BERHAMPUR/BHUBANESWAR: A gaggle of 10 allegedly took turns gang-raping a 20-year-old school student on a beach in Odisha’s Ganjam round 9.30 pm on Sunday after assaulting and dragging away the male pal with whom she had stepped out. Seven of the suspects had been detained Monday primarily based on a criticism filed by the survivor. “We are raiding various locations to trace the remaining three suspects. Their criminal antecedents, if any, are still to be verified,” Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M mentioned. This is the second occasion of a gang rape in a coastal Odisha city after a Class IX student was allegedly assaulted in a beachside resort in Puri final week.The crime was reported at 11 pm Sunday after the survivor’s pal persuaded her to go to a police station with him. “The allegedly drunk perpetrators at first hurled obscenities, to which her friend objected. They then beat him up, gagged the woman and raped her,” a police officer mentioned, citing the FIR.The survivor underwent a medical examination and is being counselled.