Koraput: An aspiring model was allegedly gang-raped by three persons while she was busy in a photo shoot at a pine jungle in the district, police said on Monday.Koraput SP Rohit Verma said the incident took place on the afternoon of Aug 6 when the alleged gang-rape survivor had gone to the pine forest located along the Jeypore-Koraput road. She was with a male companion.The survivor in her complaint before Sadar Police Station claimed three masked persons overpowered her male companion and extorted money from him. Later, the trio raped her and left the place, the police said, quoting the FIR copy.The miscreants were carrying knives and threatened the survivor and her friend with dire consequences if they did not give them money. They took Rs 8,300 from the survivor and her male companion, including through online transfer.“One person was arrested in the case and two others have been identified,” SP Verma said. Police have formed teams to apprehend the accused on the run.
