Ten arrested for gangraping woman at Gopalpur beach

Berhampur (By Abhishek Mohanty): The Gopalpur police have arrested all 10 accused in the gang-rape case of a young woman at Gopalpur beach in Berhampur of Ganjam district. 

Earlier, 7 suspects were detained, and 3 more were apprehended today while trying to escape to another state. 
The victim, who was at the beach with her male friend, alleged that she was gang-raped. The accused hail from Hinjili area. 

According to information, the woman and her male friend had gone to Gopalpur beach to celebrate Raja festival on Sunday evening. At around 8:30 PM, the duo was sitting in a secluded place on the beach when a group of 10 youths intercepted them and extorted an amount of Rs 1,000 cash by showing pictures of the couple clicked by the gang.
They demanded more money through digital payment mode and threatened to make the pictures viral if the duo did not comply. When the latter begged to spare them, the accused youths tied up the hands of the woman's male friend and thrashed him.
Three of them then allegedly gang-raped the woman.