In a barbaric incident, a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by unidentified miscreants at Kharkhari village under the Kankadahada police station in Dhenkanal district on Friday.
As per reports, the girl was missing from Thursday evening. The victim’s family members searched for her till late in the night, but in vain. This morning, a group of villagers spotted her body in a forest near a local market and raised an alarm.Later, her family members alleged that she has been raped and stoned to death by some miscreants.
On receiving information, a police team led by SDPO Suprasanna Mallick and Kankadahada IIC Asish Kumer Jena reached the spot for an investigation.