An anganwadi worker has been allegedly gangraped with the police rounding up three of the accused at Bhandaripokhari in Orissa's Bhadrak district.

Police said on Thursday the 45-year-old widow was returning to Jagannathprasad, about 25 km from here, after a rally on the evening of April 6 when the incident happened. The mother of two first got a bus to Chhatabar, about 20 km from here, and was waiting for another vehicle when she was offered lift by a motorcyclist who took her to a lonely place and was joined by four friends who allegedly gangraped her and snatched her gold necklace.