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Puri/ Balasore: Amidst growing concerns over rising atrocities against women, two more rape cases were reported in Odisha Monday raising serious questions over the present state of affairs in the State.
In the first incident, a minor divyang girl was allegedly raped by a youth under Nilagiri police limits. The incident happened when both the parents of the survivor, who happens to be a tribal girl, were not present in the house. According to reports, the accused youth happens to be the neighbour of the survivor. Based on the complaint filed by the family members of the survivor, police have arrested the accused youth.
“We have arrested the accused based on the complaint filed by the girl’s family and further probe is underway,” said Inspector-in-charge of Nilagiri Police Station, Minati Biswal.
In another incident, a girl was allegedly raped by her distant relative in the Satyabadi area of Puri district. While the incident occurred on Sunday, the complaint was lodged with the Satyabadi Police on Monday. The accused, identified as Purna Chandra Das, is said to be a distant relative of the survivor.
According to the police, the girl had gone to the village outskirts to collect her father's pension when the accused asked her to help him find the PIN of ATM card he had received recently. When the girl entered his house, he tied her hands and legs and allegedly raped her. Later, the accused fled after locking the house.
But the girl called her mother from a phone that the accused had forgotten to take while fleeing.
"He raped me. I want stern action against him. He should be hanged to death," the survivor told mediapersons.
(With IANS Inputs)
