A youth was arrested by the police on Wednesday for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl at Anthiary village under the Balianta police station on the outskirts of the city.
The arrested youth Krushna Chandra Bhoi (20) of the same village called the girl to his house on Tuesday night and assaulted her sexually making false promise of marriage. After the incident, the youth fled from the spot. The girl returning from Bhoi’s house informed her parents about the matter. later, the parents lodged a complaint at the Balianta police station.
The police arrested the youth from the village and forwarded him to court. The girl was taken to the Capital Hospital here for medical test. In another incident, a 13-year-old girl, who was kidnapped on June 22 from Salia Sahi in the city, was rescued from Umarkote in Nabarangpur district on Wednesday. Kalia Sahu, a youth from the same slum area, was arrested by the Mahila Police in connection with the case.