Odisha horror: Two separate rape cases of minor girls lodged in Malkangiri; rape victim delivers stillborn
According to Additional SP Rashmiranjan Senapati, the first incident occurred on July 20 in a village under Orkel police station.
A 50-year-old man allegedly offered a girl a lift while she was on her way to her uncle's house and instead took her to a forested area where he raped her.
The survivor informed her family the following day. After villagers failed to act, her uncle filed a police complaint on Saturday.
'As the villagers could not take any action, I took the matter to the police,' he said in the complaint.
The accused was arrested the next day, police confirmed.
The second incident was reported from the Mudulipada police station area.
According to police, the survivor had allegedly been raped since 2024. The case surfaced after she gave birth to a stillborn baby at a government hospital. Following a complaint by her family, the accused was arrested.
Earlier on July 20, another shocking case emerged from the district where a girl was gang-raped twice within hours first by three men and later by a truck driver who found her in distress.
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All four accused were arrested.
The recent wave of crimes against women in Odisha has raised questions over law and order under the BJP-led government, which completed one year in office.
The BJP, however, has claimed that swift action has been taken whenever such incidents have come to light.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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