Ayodhya, Feb. 4 -- : Police on Monday said three persons who allegedly gang raped and brutally murdered a Dalit woman in Ayodhya district had been arrested. All three-Digvijay Singh, Vijay Sahu, and Hariram Kori-confessed that they committed the act in a state of intoxication, said Ayodhya senior superintendent of police (SSP) Raj Karan Nayyar, adding further interrogation of the accused was underway.

The woman was reported missing on January 27. Her disrobed body, with the eyes gouged, was found in a canal outside Sahnawa village of the district on Saturday.

The accused worked as house painters. Digvijay, also worked as a security guard at a private college, the SSP added.

In a brief press conference, Nayyar said the accused committed...