Tag: Minor Girl Rape

Kandhamal: Normal life was hit in the district today due to a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh being observed by the BJP Mahila Morcha over alleged rape and murder of a minor girl in Kotagarh and sex tape of BJD’s ex-MLA from Phulbani, Debendra Kanhar. Business establishments, educational institutions and government offices remained closed while vehicular movement […]

President of India Ram Nath Kovind has given his nod to the ordinance which states for capital punishment for those who rape a kid below 12 years age. Many child rights and women activists vied for strictest punishment to the rapist when the Nirbhaya incidence happened in Delhi in the year 2012 and the demand […]

Deogarh: Police today arrested a tuition teacher from Kundeigola of the district for sexually abusing at least five minor girls of the area on pretext of imparting ‘special classes’. As per reports, the accused Rabindra Sahu used to impart private tuitions for students of the village at his residence. He would take the girls to […]

Balasore: A man was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a 13-year-old girl at Pakhara village under Soro police limits in Balasore district on Monday evening. The accused has been identified as Subash Das of the same village. Though the incident occurred in the night of July 8, the matter came to fore after the […]

Bhubaneswar: A few hours after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced enhancement of Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana cover for women from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh, OPCC President Niranjan Patnaik silenced the hullabaloo of the State Government in a series of tweets criticising the Biju Janata Dal initiative ‘Odisha For Women’, tagging it a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today extended the tenure of Commission of Inquiry constituted to probe the Kunduli gang rape and suicide for another three months. This is the second time that the tenure of the probe commission has been extended by the state government. As per reports, the tenure of Inquiry Commission, which was scheduled […]

Rourkela: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a minor boy in a village under Bonai police limits of Sundergarh district on Tuesday. Police has arrested the accused and is interrogating him. The matter came to the fore after mother of the survivor lodged a complaint at the Bonai police station on Tuesday. According to […]

Baripada: The body of a minor girl, missing since yesterday was recovered from a forest near Gurudabasa village under Betnoti of Mayurbhanj district early this morning. It is being suspected that the Class IV girl was raped and subsequently murdered, police sources said. A youth, identified as Jami Kanta Mahanta of the same village has […]

Angul: In yet another incident of sexual assault against minor girls, a 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man at Khantapasi village under Pallahara block in Angul district Thursday. The accused, identified as Guru Badra of nearby Barihamunda village, has been arrested by police. The incident came to the fore after the survivor along […]

Kendrapara: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and impregnated by her paternal uncle and cousin brother in Pattamundai area of Kendrapara district. The matter came to light after the survivor, now seven-months pregnant, lodged an FIR at the Pattamundai police station on Wednesday. The minor girl had left studies after the death of her mother […]

Bhubaneswar:  A hearing-impaired minor girl  was allegedly raped by a 60-year-old in Mancheswar area of Bhubaneswar on Monday. The accused, identified as Arun Naik was arrested and forwarded to court on basis of a complaint filed by the minor girl. Naik is a resident of Purusottam slum, informed police. As per the complainant, Naik entered […]

Bhubaneswar: There seems to be no end to the incidents of sexual abuse of minor girls despite extensive awareness campaigns as two more minor girl rape cases were reported in Odisha today. While 12-year-old girl was allegedly subjected to torture and rape multiple times by an elderly man in Bhubaneswar, another minor girl was raped […]

Sambalpur: Northern Range DIG Satyabrata Bhoi today lauded efforts of the Sambalpur Police and district judiciary for completing investigation and judgement in the sensational Sasan gang rape case in record time. “At a time when Odisha has launched the “Pari Pain Katha Tiye” campaign for spreading awareness on  safety of minor girls in the State, […]

Bhubaneswar: Sexual assault on minor girls continues unabated in Odisha with three such cases reported from different parts of the State in last 24 hours. A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped by three youths including a juvenile at Badachakada village under Rambha area in Ganjam district on May 26. However, the matter came to […]

Cuttack: It seems that the awareness campaigns on the rising sexual assaults against minor girls have fallen on deaf years as police today arrested a person on charges of attempting to rape a 12-year-old girl in Banki of Cuttack district. What was more shocking is that the accused happens to be the uncle of the […]