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Odisha DGP orders Crime Branch probe into Gopalpur gang rape case

Odisha DGP orders Crime Branch probe into Gopalpur gang rape case

Bhubaneswar, June 17 (UNI) Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Yogesh Bahadur Khurania on Tuesday ordered a Crime Branch inquiry into the Gopalpur gang rape case, which has been classified as a Red Flag case.
According to Odisha Police sources, the case, registered under Sections 71, 296, 351(3), and 310(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), was initially being investigated by the Gopalpur Police but has now been handed over to the Crime Against Women and Children Wing of the CID-Crime Branch, Odisha Police.
A team from the CAW&CW Wing has already reached Gopalpur.

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