The Commissionerate Police on Friday arrested a youth for sexually assaulting a minor girl in the city. The accused identified as Milu Nayak (22), a graduate from a city-based college, hails from Belaghara in Kandhamal district.
According to the police, Milu had developed relationship with a 16-year-old girl of Rayagada district following a telephone conversation that happened due to a cross connection call hardly two weeks back.
Milu convinced the girl to come to Bhubaneswar with him. According to their plan, the police said, the duo came to the city on Wednesday morning. They visited some tourist places and malls here before moving to a secluded place at the Tankapani road where the girl was assaulted, the police sources added.
later in the night, the youth left the girl at the Baramunda bus stand asking her to return to her village. The girl stayed at the bus stand that night and waited for her parents to reach the city on Thursday morning.
Father of the victim lodged a complaint with the Mahila police here in this regard. On the basis of the complaint, the police nabbed the youth from his hostel room here.