Jajpur: Jajpur Town Police arrested all three accused persons and forwarded them to a local court in connection of gang rape of a sports student in Odisha's Jajpur district. 

The accused persons have been identified as Sandip Swain, Sidharth Rout -- two hockey coaches at Jajpur hockey stadium -- and Sarthak Mohanty, the former hockey coach at the stadium. 

All three hockey coaches are accused of gang-raping a sports student on July 3, police said. 

According to reports, the 15-year-old girl from a minority community was receiving training at Jajpur hockey stadium in last two years. On July 3, when she was returning from stadium to home, three coaches allegedly picked her up from the road and gang-raped her at a lodge in Jajpur town. 

Acting swiftly, Jajpur Town Police apprehended all three accused persons under sections 70(2),351(2),74,3(5) of BNS and section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.