Cuttack: A 15-year-old girl from Bantala in Angul district was held captive and gangraped by five youths in Mangalabag area here for four days.
It is learnt that some relatives of the girl had brought her here on the pretext of attending a rally Saturday and sold her to the youths, who are purportedly engineering students.
According to sources, the youths confined her to a room at Mangalabag and gangraped her repeatedly. However, the girl managed to escape her tormentors Tuesday morning and reached the city railway station.
On being informed, Childline coordinator Narayan Shukla rescued the girl and admitted to the obstetrics and gynaecology ward of SCB Medical College and Hospital here. District child protection officer Pragati Mohanty and Childline official Niranjali Das are attending the victim whose condition is stated to be serious, sources said.
Childline officials have lodged an FIR in this regard with the Government Railway Police (GRP).
“We have information from secret sources that five engineering students had gangraped the girl by confining her to a room. We would try to collect more information from the girl once there is improvement in her condition,” Shukla said.
GRP IIC Umakant Biswal and Mangalabag police in-charge Arun Kumar Swain said they were investigating the incident.
