Six get 20-yr jail term each for gang raping woman in Rourkela

Rourkela: The Additional and District Sessions Judge Court today sentenced six persons to 20-year jail term each after convicting them of raping a woman on July 18, 2015.

Judge Srinivas Pratihari pronounced the verdict after convicting them under Sec 376 (d), informed additional public prosecutor Ajay Kumar Pradhan.

The court also directed the convicts to pay Rs 20,000 fine each.

On July 18, 2015, a girl from Railway Colony under Lathikata police limits  was waylaid by the six youths near the railway gate when she was returning home after seeing off a friend. They took her to a nearby jungle and sexually assaulted her.

After the girl lodged a complaint with the police, six accused were nabbed.