The court it will announce a new date for verdict on June 16. Bijal Joshi, a resident of Usmanpura area of the city was allegedly gangraped by four people at a hotel on the night of December 31, 2003. She

Official sources said the SCW, which took up the matter on its own, initiated its probe into the complaint lodged against the Bijepur MLA by a 35-year-old woman of Barapali in Bargarh district and recorded her statement during the day.

Police said Ram Pal of Naggal near here was accused of raping his minor daughter on May 17 under the influence of liquor, his wife alleged. After a medical examination of the victim, a case was registered against him.