Muzaffarnagar: A woman who had accused three men of gangraping her, has been arrested and sent to jail for allegedly giving false and fabricated information to police in the case, police said today.

The 27-year-old woman was arrested yesterday and sent to jail, police said.

The woman had earlier alleged that she was abducted in a car and gangraped by three men here, three days ago, they said.

Police had later registered a case in it and started the investigation, during which the case was found to be false and fabricated by the woman and her two relatives.

A case has been registered against the woman and her two relatives under various sections of IPC including alleged criminal conspiracy to indulge in extortion, police said, adding two accused were absconding.