<p>An 18-year-old boy was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the gang-rape case of a woman preacher at an ashram in Jharkhand's Godda district, police said.</p>.<p>He is the second person to be arrested for allegedly raping the woman at the ashram in Ranidih in Muffasil police station area, Superintendent of Police YS Ramesh told PTI.</p>.<p>Police had earlier arrested the main accused Deepak Rana following the intervention of Chief Minister Hemant Soren in the matter.</p>.<p>These two persons allegedly raped the 46-year-old woman and they have confessed to the crime, Ramesh said.</p>.<p>Police are conducting raids to nab the other two accused, he said.</p>.<p>The accused scaled the wall of the ashram around 2.30 am on Tuesday, entered it and held the ascetics and preachers at gunpoint, police said.</p>.<p>At that time there were four women preachers and a sadhu present in the ashram.</p>.<p>They locked the others in a room and took turns in raping the preacher who was staying in the ashram since February, according to police.</p>.<p>She came to the ashram to attend a religious function but got stuck there due to the lockdown, they said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the opposition BJP has accused the Hemant Soren government of failing to handle the law and order situation in the state.</p>
<p>An 18-year-old boy was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the gang-rape case of a woman preacher at an ashram in Jharkhand's Godda district, police said.</p>.<p>He is the second person to be arrested for allegedly raping the woman at the ashram in Ranidih in Muffasil police station area, Superintendent of Police YS Ramesh told PTI.</p>.<p>Police had earlier arrested the main accused Deepak Rana following the intervention of Chief Minister Hemant Soren in the matter.</p>.<p>These two persons allegedly raped the 46-year-old woman and they have confessed to the crime, Ramesh said.</p>.<p>Police are conducting raids to nab the other two accused, he said.</p>.<p>The accused scaled the wall of the ashram around 2.30 am on Tuesday, entered it and held the ascetics and preachers at gunpoint, police said.</p>.<p>At that time there were four women preachers and a sadhu present in the ashram.</p>.<p>They locked the others in a room and took turns in raping the preacher who was staying in the ashram since February, according to police.</p>.<p>She came to the ashram to attend a religious function but got stuck there due to the lockdown, they said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the opposition BJP has accused the Hemant Soren government of failing to handle the law and order situation in the state.</p>