Honey collector gangraped, killed

DHENKANAL: A young woman honey collector was allegedly gangraped and murdered brutally, in the presence of her husband and one-year-old son, at Nuakote village under Hindol police limits on Tuesday night.The woman, Gambari Padhan (22) and her husband Bipra of Mallar Sahi Baunsapokhari village were returning home after selling honey in a market when two men waylaid them near Nuakote village and demanded money.When the couple refused, heated exchange of words followed. Despite resistance the culprits snatched Rs 500 from them and raped Gambari.Bipra’s effort to save his wife failed as he was also assaulted. He managed to escape with their son. The culprits dragged her body and dumped it in a village field, about 200 metres from the crime scene, to conceal the matter.The two accused have been identified as Babula Dehury and Chaitanya Mahalik. Bipra has lodged an FIR with Hindol police on Wednesday. No arrests have been made.