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The woman has been admitted to Jalpaiguri Sadar Hospital and stated to be in serious condition.
The incident brings back the memories of the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case in New Delhi in which a woman was gangraped inside a moving bus and one of the accused inserted a rod in her private parts.
Police said the Jalpaiguri victim was raped on Saturday night allegedly by a relative near a pond close to her home in Niranjan Pat locality under Dhupguri police station area.
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Another person accompanied the accused but he did not rape her, she said.
Police said a rickshaw-puller found her and took her home. She was taken to Dhupguri hospital on Sunday morning and shifted to Jalpaiguri Sadar Hospital.
The woman’s husband was not at home during the incident. The accused relative and his companion were detained and being interrogated, police said.