ROURKELA: Rourkela was rocked by yet another case of sexual assault as an adolescent girl was allegedly gangraped by five miscreants at two separate places on the night of September 22 (Sunday) in what is a grim pointer to the deteriorating law and order.
The victim had been to a bar and restaurant at Civil Township within RN Pali police limits where two miscreants raped her. Another miscreant later joined the two in the heinous crime, police said.
However, the girl’s ordeal did not end there as she was dumped on the road when two other miscreants picked her up in a motorcycle and raped her near the library and defunct millet cafe along ring road opposite the administrative building of RSP within Plant Site police limits.
The second crime spot was developed under the city beautification project two years back and is hardly 50 metre from the busy ring road.
Three persons have been detained by Rourkela and are currently being interrogated.
In his complaint, the victim’s father stated that the girl had left home on Sunday evening saying she was going to a shopping mall, said DIG Brijesh Kumar Rai who officiates as Rourkela SP.
The incident occurred within 24 hours of the gangrape of two minors in the steel city on Friday.
The case came to light after the victim’s father lodged a complaint on Tuesday and police along with a scientific team and dog squad inspected the crime spots on Wednesday.
“After receiving the complaint, four teams were formed under an additional SP to ascertain the identity of the culprits and multiple raids were conducted on Tuesday night to nab them,” Rai said. SDPO of Panposh has been entrusted with monitoring of the case and the statement of the victim was recorded.
On the day, a scientific team and dog squad visited the crime spots. The investigation is in primary stages and steps are being taken to avail technical inputs and more information.
“Police are committed to ensure speedy justice to the victim,” he said.
On September 21 evening, two adolescent girls aged 14 and 15 years were forcibly taken from Bisra Chowk and gangraped at a secluded spot just a few metres away from the ring road.
The same day, a school girl was molested by a PET teacher at Guru Nanak Khalsa School along Gurudwara road.