Bhubaneswar: Police on Monday arrested a 35-year-old man, identified as Khudia Tudu of Mahinsamunda village, on charge of raping a 19-year-old differently-abled girl.
The police said Tudu would be produced in court after completion of his medical examination.
The girl, who is deaf and dumb, came to Mahinsamunda village to attend a social function of her relative on Friday. The accused, who happened to be the neighbour of her relative, managed to take her away to a secluded place alluring her to give some eatables on Saturday afternoon. On that night, he raped her and fled the scene.
Family members and the neighbours started frantically searching for her, when she was not found in her relative's house.Later, she was spotted lying in a field subconscious. The girl had both external and internal injuries in her private parts. She was admitted to local hospital at Jaleswar.
The local people, who had seen the accused with the girl, had suspected him to be the culprit. When he was confronted, the girl identified Tudu as the culprit. The villagers then handed over the accused to the police. During interrogation, he confessed to have committed the crime.Jaleswar police station inspector-in-charge Chandan Kumar Ghadai said the accused had been booked under Section 376 of the IPC.
In another case of rape and murder, the body of a nine-year-old girl of Betnati was found on Saturday. Local people demanded death penalty for the 35-year-old accused in a silent candle procession on Sunday evening.
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