*Balasore, Odisha: *A 35-year-old Indian woman was raped in Odisha’sBalasore after her husband allegedly helped the accused to tie her up andgag her, police said today. Villagers claimed the husband “lost her” to theaccused in a gamble, police said.
The woman, who is a mother of two, wrote in her complaint filed yesterdaythat her husband assisted the accused in raping her on May 23, the policeofficer said.
Fellow residents of Balikut village claimed that the woman’s husband “losther” in a gamble to the accused, senior police officer KS Padhi told newsagency Press Trust of India. The woman said that when she resisted theaccused’s advances, her husband helped him gag her and tie her up, officerPadhi said.
The woman approached the police for the first time on May 28 along with herhusband and other villagers, he said. She gave them in writing that she hadreached a compromise with the accused and that she would not file acomplaint in the case, he said.
But, she changed her mind a day laer and registered a complaint in thematter, officer Padhi said. Police are investigating the case, he added.