"We have arrested four persons for the rape of a married woman after forcing her out of a bus on Sunday when she was returning to Puri after visiting Konark," Sub-divisional Police Officer (Nimapada) Durlabh Singh said over phone.
Over half-a-dozen others including staff of two private buses were also detained to ascertain whether the incident took place with their complicity, he said.
The detainees were being interrogated. The victim, accompanied by a man from Puri, was returning in a bus when two of the accused travelling in the same vehicle asked the driver to stop and dragged the woman out before raping her at a nearby secluded place, police said.
Two others, who probably followed the bus, joined the duo later and also raped the woman. The bus had left amid little protest from its passengers and staff.
Medical examination of the victim and the accused was conducted. Some condoms were found from the spot, the sources said.
The accused were identified as Santosh Swain, Gaurang Pradhan, R K Das and Devanand Parida and they hailed from Gop, Konark and Baliguali areas, the sources said.
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