Woman allegedly gang-raped in Cuttack after group attacks male friend

A woman was allegedly raped by a group of men in Odisha’s Cuttack district when she was out with her friend on a drive, police said on Wednesday.

The incident happened in the Nischintakoili police station area on Tuesday night, they said.

The woman was out with her male friend, and heading towards Kendrapara from



Bhubaneswar, police said.

“When they stopped near Sukarpada village on the Cuttack-Chandbali Road, a group of four to six men intercepted them. The suspects thrashed the friend, and gangraped the woman,” SP (Cuttack – Rural) Vinit Agrawal told media.

“The group fled the spot, leaving the two at the spot,” he said.