India, July 25 -- Two brothers have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl and then attempting to bury her alive after she became pregnant in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur, a police official said.

The complaint registered by the victim's father at Kujang police station showed Bhagyadhar Das (60) and Panchanan Das (58) allegedly raped the minor for last one year, a report in PTI said.

The accused brothers were working at a mutt (ashram), which the minor frequently visits, the police said.

The accused raped the minor multiple times over a year. Upon discovering her pregnancy, the two allegedly attempted to bury her alive to hide the crime, NDTV reported.

Police said a third suspect was also involved in the crime and a manhu...