<p>Kendrapara: Police on Wednesday arrested four more persons for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Odisha’s Kendrapara district.</p>.<p>With this, the total number of arrests in the case has risen to five.</p>.<p>Police on Tuesday arrested a 29-year-old close relative of the survivor, who allegedly lured her to a secluded location where she was assaulted by the five men.</p>.Rape not gendered: Delhi court shatters myth of 'only girls are victims', jails man for assaulting minor boy.<p>The prime accused was identified as Happy Mallick, the class 10 student’s paternal aunt.</p>.<p>All five have been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.</p>.<p>While Mallick has already been sent to jail after a local court rejected her bail application, the four others will be produced in court later in the day, police said.</p>.<p>Police said the accused also recorded the assault on video.</p>.<p>According to the FIR, the survivor alleged that her relative visited their residence on Raksha Bandhan (August 9) and offered to take her to a temple in a nearby village.</p>.<p>Instead, she was taken to a deserted spot, where four others were waiting, and was gang-raped.</p>.<p>"It seemed that the crime was pre-planned and the relative of the girl was the main accused," a police officer said.</p>.<p>The accused allegedly threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed the incident to her family.</p>.<p>The survivor’s statement was recorded on Wednesday in the presence of a magistrate, an officer added. </p>
<p>Kendrapara: Police on Wednesday arrested four more persons for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Odisha’s Kendrapara district.</p>.<p>With this, the total number of arrests in the case has risen to five.</p>.<p>Police on Tuesday arrested a 29-year-old close relative of the survivor, who allegedly lured her to a secluded location where she was assaulted by the five men.</p>.Rape not gendered: Delhi court shatters myth of 'only girls are victims', jails man for assaulting minor boy.<p>The prime accused was identified as Happy Mallick, the class 10 student’s paternal aunt.</p>.<p>All five have been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.</p>.<p>While Mallick has already been sent to jail after a local court rejected her bail application, the four others will be produced in court later in the day, police said.</p>.<p>Police said the accused also recorded the assault on video.</p>.<p>According to the FIR, the survivor alleged that her relative visited their residence on Raksha Bandhan (August 9) and offered to take her to a temple in a nearby village.</p>.<p>Instead, she was taken to a deserted spot, where four others were waiting, and was gang-raped.</p>.<p>"It seemed that the crime was pre-planned and the relative of the girl was the main accused," a police officer said.</p>.<p>The accused allegedly threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed the incident to her family.</p>.<p>The survivor’s statement was recorded on Wednesday in the presence of a magistrate, an officer added. </p>