Youth involved in killing Jajpur woman, raping daughter arrested from Kerala

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Jajpur: In a success to Jajpur Police in the Dharmasala Deuli hill rape case of a girl and murder of her mother, it arrested the accused from Kerala yesterday.

The accused has been identified as Bijay Behera (22) of Kumari village.

As per the charges against Bijay, he barged into the house of the victim girl along with an aide Pabitra Moharana and forcibly took her to the Deuli Hill on May 2 over a past enmity. As the mother of the victim protested the act and followed the accused up to the hill, they killed her upon reaching there.

Later, Bijay raped the girl and dumped her in unconscious state at the spot.

Some locals found the girl in critical state the next morning and rushed to hospital and called up police to seize the dead body.

“During the investigation it came to notice that the victim girl had brought rape charge against Bijay a few months back for which he was threatening her family. With an intension to avenge the allegation made against him, the accused committed the crime,” said Saroj Kumar Sahoo, Dharmasala IIC.

“Police managed to trace and arrest the accused by tracking his mobile phone which he was using in Kerala and arrested last night,” he added.

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