"The group thrashed her husband and gang-raped the woman in front of him before robbing the couple and fleeing the spot," said a cop. | Photo Credit: Indiatimes, Representative Image

Guwahati: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by eight people win front of her husband and now, the police have been granted remand of the goons who were arrested on Saturday.

"If required, we may seek more time for questioning," Nagaon SP Shankar Barata Raimedhi told TOI.

He added that the survivor's condition is now stable.

The couple were travelling from Kampur to Hojai on Thursday but upon reaching Chaparmukh, they couldn’t find any means of transport to their destination.

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That’s when they met Marjot Ali who pretended to be a good Samaritan.

"The prime accused, Marjot Ali, took them to Kakotigaon on the pretext of providing them shelter for the night. At an isolated place near Kopili river, seven others... were already waiting," a cop told the paper.

"The group thrashed her husband and gang-raped the woman in front of him before robbing the couple and fleeing the spot," he added.

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