Eight people have been arrested after a woman was allegedly gang-raped in an orchard in India. The group intercepted a couple heading to a Durga Puja fair in Madhuban and dragged them away, according to reports.
Incident details
The couple was travelling on a deserted stretch of road near Bhathan village, close to the borders of two districts, around 4am, when several youths intercepted them, police said. The miscreants brutally thrashed the husband and took them toward an orchard, where the wife was gang-raped, police added.
The perpetrators also made videos of the act with their mobile phones, police said. The men are said to have forced the man to transfer 3,000 rupees, and took mobile phones, cash and jewellery worth 50,000 rupees from the victims.
Police response
After the abduction, the accused took the woman to an orchard at Banjaria Sareh village and gang-raped her, East Champaran Superintendent of Police, Swarn Prabhat, said, according to ETV Bharat. He added that eight accused were arrested within four hours.
Eight mobile phones have also been recovered from them, SP Prabhat said. Police registered an FIR (no. 363/26) at the Madhuban police station and are taking further action. The couple has been sent for medical examination, he added.
Suspects and support
All of the accused live in Jimmi Singh Tola in Sheohar district. The couple reported their accounts of what had happened to the police.
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