Pipili gangrape: one more held, HC says no shifting without

consent of parents Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (PTI) Another accused in the Pipili gangrape case in Odisha was arrested today even as the government's decision to shift her to AIIMS was put on hold as the state high court observed that she can't be taken to Delhi without the consent of her parents. "A police team has arrested one more accused, Guna alias Purnachandra Swain, in the case involving the rape of the Dalit girl," Additional DGP (Crime Branch) Abhay said. Swain was arrested from a village under Pipili police station in Puri district. Prime accused Prashant Pradhan alias Pasei, who was picked up by a special squad from Jatani yesterday, and Swain were being interrogated. The high court reiterated its earlier observation saying if services of any super specialists from outside are required for better treatment of the victim, then these should be made available at the government expenses. Earlier, the girl's father Babuli Behera had rejected the state government's offer of shifting her to AIIMS. "They (government) can bring specialists from outside the state. It is not possible on our part to go Delhi as we are very poor and unable to speak in any other language than Odia," Behera told PTI. The Division Bench of Chief Justice V Gopala Gowda and Justice B N Mohapatra also hearing an intervening petition in the case filed by an activist, advised the petitioner to convince the parents and get their consent for taking the victim to New Delhi for better treatment. "Convince the parents and get their consent to shift the victim to New Delhi," the Chief Justice said, adding that the court doesn't have any problem if the victim is shifted to New Delhi, but it has to be done only after getting the consent of her parents