A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five people, including one of her close relatives, at a village in Odisha's Kendrapara district, the police said on Tuesday.
The police have arrested the 29-year-old relative, the husband of the class 10 student's paternal aunt, under various sections of the BNS and POCSO Act.
He was remanded to judicial custody after a local court rejected his bail application, the police said adding that four other accused were detained.
The accused persons were also accused of video recording the rape, police said.
The teenage girl lodged a complaint with the Rajnagar Police Station on Monday.
She alleged that the relative visited their residence on Raksha Bandhan on August 9, and took her to a deserted place where she was gang-raped, the police said quoting the FIR.
The relative of the minor had told her they would visit a temple in a nearby village, but had taken her to a place where four others were waiting, according to the FIR.
"It seemed that the crime was pre-planned and the relative of the girl was the main accused," a police officer said. -- PTI
