A 20-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by 10 people in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar. The incident happened at a seaside in Ganjam district’s Gopalpur area.

The incident came to light after a case was registered at Gopalpur police station after the survivor, an undergraduate student of a private college, lodged a First Information Report (FIR) on Monday.

The incident happened on Sunday night when the woman, who lives in a private mess along with three other women, went to the beach along with her boyfriend, who is her classmate, on the occasion of Raja festival.

The woman, in her complaint, alleged that when they were sitting at an isolated place, a group of 10 people approached them, detained her boyfriend and took turns to rape her.

All 10 accused in the crime were arrested, according to the police.

“All the detained persons are adults, and we are interrogating them from various angles," the police said.

Another senior police officer said that the detained persons were not locals and had visited the beach on the occasion of the festival.

Police also said the medical test of the survivor and the detained persons would be conducted as part of the investigation.

Source: News18