India, July 22 -- Three persons, including a former hockey coach, were arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district on Tuesday in connection with the gang-rape of an athlete on July 3, police said.

Jajpur superintendent of police (SP) Yashpratap Shrimal said Jajpur Town police arrested Sarthak Mohanty, a former coach at the Naval Tata hockey stadium in Jajpur, and his two associates, Sandip Swain and Sidharth Rout, over allegations they raped a 15-year-old girl who trained at the stadium.

The teenager filed a formal complaint about the gang rape on July 3 on Sunday night (July 20).

In her complaint, the girl said Mohanty and his associates abducted her when she was on her way home from the stadium after completing her training for the day. The...