A 19-year-old Dalit girl of Dixitpada in Asureswar grama panchayat under Nischitakoili police station was allegedly molested by a group of local youths in the famous Raghunathjew temple premises located at Mallipur on Wednesday night. According to the FIR lodged by the family members of the victim at the Nischintakoili police station, the girl, a Plus III First Year student of Subhadra Mahatab College, along with her family members was paying obeisance to the deities while six to seven local youths forcefully lifted her to the up stair of the building in the temple premises and molested her.
While her uncle and aunt resisted, the irate youths assaulted too them and fled from the spot after snatching away Rs4,600 and a mobile phone. Meanwhile, Nischintakoili police station PK Behera said the accused will be nabbed soon.