3 min learnBhubaneswarUp to date: Aug 13, 2026 02:42 AM IST
A lady was allegedly gang-raped by a bunch of a minimum of six males after the automotive through which she was travelling with a pal was stopped late on Tuesday night time in Odisha‘s Cuttack district, mentioned police.
The incident occurred on Cuttack-Chandbali highway when the sufferer and her male pal had been travelling from Bhubaneswar to Kendrapada.
Police mentioned that on the intervening night time of Tuesday and Wednesday, the accused waylaid the automotive through which the sufferer and her pal had been travelling, compelled the duo to cease the automobile, thrashed the person earlier than gang-raping the girl.
The group then fled the spot.
Police mentioned the sufferer, in her 30s, and her male pal are colleagues at a agency in Bhubaneswar.
Based on Cuttack Superintendent of Police (SP), Rural, Vinit Agrawal, the sufferer approached the police early on Wednesday morning following which a case was registered. A severe offence has been dedicated, mentioned the SP.
Arrests quickly: Police
“All of the procedures have been adopted. A senior police officer of deputy superintendent of police (DSP) rank has been assigned to guide the investigation. A number of groups have been shaped to hint and arrest the accused. We’re hopeful that they are going to be arrested quickly,” Agrawal instructed The Indian Categorical.
Police mentioned additionally they seized the automobile through which the sufferer and her pal had been travelling to gather the proof. Forensic specialists have additionally been deployed on the crime scene to gather bodily proof, they mentioned.
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The situation of the sufferer is secure and he or she has been receiving vital medical care and counselling, mentioned the police.
Rape instances in Odisha
Based on a White Paper revealed by Odisha’s residence division in March, 2,994 rape instances had been reported in 2025. Police mentioned by the top of final 12 months, cost sheets had been filed in 1930 instances. In 2024, 3,054 rape instances had been reported.
Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, in a written report back to the state Meeting in March this 12 months, acknowledged that as many as 53,000 instances of crime in opposition to ladies had been reported in Odisha between June 2024 and March 7, 2026 (the interval after BJP assumed energy within the state).
The CM had acknowledged that 4,713 instances of rape and 212 instances of try to rape had been recorded throughout the interval.
