Woman raped in Kolkata hotel: 4 including prime accused booked
According to reports, police officials nabbed four residents of Odisha- Chittaranjan Patra, Suryakanta Das, Prabhat Sahu and Swarup Sahu- in connection with the case.
Earlier on Wednesday late evening, a woman from North 24 Parganas district's New Barrackpore area was allegedly raped in a hotel in Kolkata's Beniapukur area by her Facebook friend, who directed her to attend a job interview in the hotel.
The 28-year-old woman also claimed that few others were also present in the hotel room, when the crime was committed.
After the woman submit a complaint at Beniapukur Police Station, police started investigation into the case and arrested these four persons.
They were produced in a local court in Kolkata on Friday and sent to police custody.
Meanwhile, the rape victim reportedly submitted secret testimony before a city court's magistrate on Friday and her medical tests have been done.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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