Two Odisha women ministers have asked the state's resident commissioner in Delhi to ensure arrest of those involved in the gangrape there of an Odia woman on Saturday night.
"We went to Delhi as per direction of the Chief Minister and took stock of the case. We have asked the state's resident commissioner to properly coordinate with Delhi police and ensure arrest of culprits," Textile and Handloom minister Sarojini Hembram told reporters tonight on her return from the national capital.
"One of the three accused has been arrested," Hembram said.
She and Women and Child Development minister Usha Devi visited Delhi yesterday after state Director General of Police took up the matter with the Delhi Police chief.
The victim was allegedly gangraped by three persons when she and her sister were coming from Gurgaon to Munirka in Delhi.
They gangraped raped the woman in a flat after taking her away in a car, the two ministers said.
