Kendrapara, Feb. 21 -- Five staff members of a private English-medium school in Rajkanika, including four teachers and a peon, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a Class VII girl student over the past two months.
According to Sukanta Kumar Patra, SDPO of Pattamundai, one of the arrested teachers, a woman, is charged with abetment in the crime.
The accused have been identified as Biswaranjan Sahoo, Rashmikant Biswal, Chandan Prusty, Minati Bai (all teachers), and Rashmi Rana (school peon).
Police allege that three teachers and the peon repeatedly sexually assaulted the 12-year-old girl inside the school premises, threatening her and her younger brother to prevent her from speaking out.
The victim informe...