Bhubaneswar: Police have arrested three persons in connection with alleged rape of a woman from Odisha, said chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday.
Majhi, who is on a two-day tour to New Delhi, said this while speaking to media persons on his arrival on the day. The state government has asked the Delhi Police to conduct further investigation into the case to reveal details regarding the people involved in the crime, he added.
The 34-year-old woman was found in a semi-conscious condition in Sarai Kale Khan area of Delhi on on the intervening night of October 10 and 11. A passerby first spotted the woman at around 3.30 am in a deplorable condition and alerted the authorities.
A police team arrived at the scene and shifted the woman to AIIMS Trauma Center for treatment. Initial investigations suggested that the sexual assault on the woman occurred elsewhere and she was later abandoned at Sarai Kale Khan.
The victim, who is said to be a nursing graduate, originally hails from Odisha and was residing in Delhi for a year only, sources said.