A Dalit woman was dragged out of her house and gang-raped in the wee hours of Monday morning in Bishrampur village, Rautahat district.

Around five-six people barged into her house in the dead of night and rendered her husband helpless by tying him and took her away on a heap of hay before raping her taking turns.

Police Inspector Santu Prasad Jaiswar said a team from Garuda Area Police Office immediately reached the site and rescued the woman. The perpetrators have not been identified yet, police said.

Meanwhile, family members of the woman are grief stricken by the incident. Locals informed that the perpetrators had come in motorbikes.

The woman was taken for medical check up in the morning and now her health condition is normal, informed police.