Forty-five-year-old Dalit woman was dragged out of her house at Bishrampur village in Rautahat district and gang-raped by an unidentified group on Monday.

Around five-six persons, who reached Bishrampur on motorcycles, barged into her house and rendered her husband and kids helpless by tying them inside the house. They then took her away to a place about a kilometre from her house at around 1am and raped her.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Rajendra Pokharel said a police team reached the incident site and rescued the woman. “The perpetrators have not been identified yet,” he added.

Locals said they could not identify the perpetrators. “Those persons may belong to another village,” they said.

The victim was taken to a hospital for medical examination in the morning, Inspector Jaiswar said, “she has been kept in ‘Woman Cell’ and her health condition is normal”.