Woman accuses nephews, another man of rape in Chhattisgarh

Raipur: A 50-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by her three nephews and another man in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Sunday.

"A case has been registered against four men for allegedly gang-raping the woman in Kodmarra village, under Pasan police station limits," Superintendent of Police P Sundarraj told PTI over phone. In her complaint, filed yesterday, the woman has accused her nephews and village headman Babla Yadav of raping her on January 24. Accordingly, she had had an argument with her husband over some issue, following which she went to Babla`s house, asking for his intervention. Babla allegedly asked her to stay back for some time. After some time, her three nephews arrived there, and the four of them raped her, the complaint states. The report of the medical examination of the woman is awaited. The accused were questioned, but were yet to be arrested. PTI