The Nikirai police on Friday arrested a minor boy on the charge of raping her classmate, a 16-year-old Dalit girl, belonging to his own village Chotti under its jurisdiction in Kendrapada district.
According to Nikirai PS IIC Kiran Hembram, victim was raped by a neighbourhood boy while she was sleeping at her house on Friday early morning.
The girl’s mother lodged an FIR with the police on Friday evening. Acting on the FIR, the Nikirai police registered a case and arrested the accused. The accused was later produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, informed Hembram.
Both the victim and the accused were studying in the Ramchandi Sikshaniketan and had appeared at the recent Matric exams. The girl has failed the exams.