Malkangiri Minor Rape Accused Arrested

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Malkangiri: With the state reeling from rapes of minor girls, Police on Saturday arrested a youth accused of raping a 9-year-old girl yesterday in MV-10 village of the district.

The accused identified as Chandra Sekhar Barala has been forwarded to the court after arrest.

The incident came to light after the girl narrated her ordeal to her parents last evening, following which her parents admitted her in the district headquarters hospital and filed a complaint with the police.

As per the complaint, the incident took place when the girl’s family was at their in-laws’s house in MV-10 village of the district. On Friday, at about 4 pm when the girl was playing outside the house, the accused neighbour Chandra Sekhar, lured the minor with money and managed to get her inside the house where he raped her.

The minor was seen crying after coming out of the house and after much grilling, said her ordeal. “I spotted blood stains on my niece’s cloth and inquired about the incident. She tried to hide her ordeal initially and claimed that the injuries were caused after falling onto the ground. After I grilled her, she disclosed the entire episode,” said Kartik Dutta, the victim’s uncle.

Following the complaint, police immediately took up the case and arrested the accused.

 

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