Tag: Minor Girl Rape

Sambalpur: A minor girl who was gang raped on May 2 allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her house under Sasana police limits in Sambalpur district today. As per sources, the girl was alone in her house and her family had gone out somewhere when she allegedly hanged herself from the ceiling fan. After […]

Nabarangpur: A student of class eight was allegedly abducted and raped by two youths when she was on her way to answer nature’s call at the Sanmari village, on Wednesday. As per the complaint filed by the survivor at the Nabarangpur Town Police Station here, two youth intercepted her and forcefully carried her away to […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when senior police officials are gearing up to launch awareness drives to put a check on sexual abuse of minor girls, such incidents continue surface from different parts of the State. Rape of four minor girls including a mentally-challenged was reported from Salepur, Cuttack and Balasore today. In Cuttack, a minor […]

Bhubaneswar/Bhadrak: Voicing against the rising trend of atrocities and crimes against girls and women in Odisha, the State unit of BJP’s women wing launched a state-wide Mahila Suraksha Yatra today. The yatra kick-started from seven prominent temples, including Sikharchandi Temple in Bhubaneswar, Chandi Temple in Cuttack, Bhadrakali Temple in Bhadrak, Samleswari Temple in Sambalpur, Maa […]

Kandhamal: A minor girl, who was allegedly abducted and raped by a youth in 2017, has sought legal support to stall marriage of the accused alleging how he can marry someone else after destroying her life and while the matter is sub judice. Earlier in June last year, the minor girl of Khajuripada village in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police is all set to start a mega awareness campaign titled ‘Pari Paain Katha Tie’ to spread the message on safety of minor girls. Giving out the details during a presser on Wednesday, DGP RP Sharma said, “There has been a steep rise in cases of sexual assaults on minor girls in […]

A special court in Bhubaneswar awarded 10 years imprisonment under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, to accused Gajendra Buxi for raping a minor girl in 2016. Buxi had raped a minor girl in the Chandaka area in Bhubaneswar and was subsequently arrested by police in 2016. In another incident,

Phulbani: With sharp rise in minor girl rape cases continuing to generate public outcry in Odisha, another incident of sexual assault of a minor girl was reported from Kandhamal district today. Four persons including a juvenile have been arrested in connection with the case. According to reports, on May 12, a minor girl was allegedly […]

Puri: A minor girl was allegedly raped on the premises of a school in Nayahat police outpost area of Puri district today. Family members of the girl informed that she had gone to a nearby market and did not return for a long time. She was spotted on the school premises and rushed to the […]

Nayagarh/ Balasore: Incidents of sexual assault on minor girls continue unabated in Odisha after rape of two more minor girls, including a divyang, was reported from two separate places in the State. A differently-abled minor girl was allegedly raped and impregnated by a youth at Itamati village of Nayagarh district. The accused, Brajabandhu Sahoo of […]

Phulbani: A minor school girl who had earlier levelled charges of molestation by her school headmaster, on Monday filed a new police complaint alleging that she was raped. The matter came to the fore after the survivor, who was raped in a residential school near Daringbandi area of Kandhamal district, disclosed the ordeal before her […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP’s Mahila Morcha is planning to turn the heat on the State government on rising incidents of crime against women including rape of minor girls by launching a 10-day state-wide campaign – ‘Mahila Surakhsya and Samman Yatra’ – from May 17. Alleging inefficiency of Odisha government and police in checking atrocities against women, […]

Khurda/Bhubaneswar: In yet another incident of sexual assault against minors, a minor girl was allegedly raped in Arisala village under Jatni police limits of Khurda district on Sunday. What is more horrific is that the girl alleged that she was raped by a minor boy of the same village. As per sources, the survivor narrated […]

Puri: Amid growing public outrage against the State Government which has reportedly failed to address the atrocities committed on women, particularly minor girls in Odisha, internationally acclaimed sand artist and Padma Shree Sudarsan Pattnaik has come up with a sand sculpture in order to create awareness among the people. Pattnaik, along with his students sculpted […]

Balsore: The POCSO court in Balasore on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and murdering a minor girl near Nemba Nai under Sadar police limits in the district in 2014. Sources said the minor girl, a resident of Lathikata of Sundergarh district was abducted by the accused Pradeep Acharya of Chaulachhada area […]