Man held for assaulting female postgraduate student in Odisha's Sambalpur

The Odisha Police on Thursday arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly assaulting a female postgraduate student in Sambalpur district, an officer said.

The seriously injured woman is a postgraduate library science student of a university and a resident of Burla.

The woman was regularly in contact with the accused over the phone for the last two months.

What Actually Happened As Per The Allegations?

On Wednesday morning, the accused asked the woman to meet him in an open field near Metakani temple in Burla, Sambalpur Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo said.

Accordingly, at about 1 pm when the woman went there, the accused noticed that she was engaged in speaking with another person over the phone. The accused asked the woman to discontinue the call, he said.

As she did not heed his request, the accused lost hir temper and hit her head with a cement brick with an intention to kill her, the SP said.

The woman was subsequently transferred to VIMSAR, Burla for treatment and later moved to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.

During the investigation, the police confiscated the accused's mobile phone, the woman’s broken mobile phone, an earphone, a stone piece with blood stains, and the victim's comb.

(With PTI inputs)