Nagaon: In what can be called as a heinous crime, a 17-year-old girl was brutally gang-raped by five men in a forest in Central Assam's Hojai district, said the police on Thursday. So far police have arrested three accused in connection with the incident while two are at large, a police officer said.

The alleged incident occurred a month ago at Dighaljharuni village in Akashiganga reserve forest area, but the matter came to light after a video shot by one of the accused went viral on social media said the police. Following which an FIR was lodged on Wednesday.