Bihar: Man tied to tree; wife gang-raped

GAYA: A group of armed youths tied a man to a tree and raped his wife and 15-year-old daughter in Bihar's Gaya district, a senior police official said on Thursday.

The family was waylaid while they were crossing the area on a motorcycle near Sondiha village in Konch Police Station area late last night, following which the SHO here was suspended and 20 youths were arrested.

"The three were passing through Sondiha on a motorcycle when they were waylaid by the youths carrying firearms. They raped the mother and the daughter after tying the father to a tree," Inspector General of Police, Patna Zone, Naiyar Hasnain Khan, said.