A minor girl, a school student, was allegedly forcibly taken away and raped in Puri district on Friday sending the district administration into a tizzy as the State-wide outcry over the burning and death of schoolteacher Itishree Prdhan is yet to die down.
Ironically, the incident took place near the native village of Itishree Pradhan, who was set afire at her school hostel at Tikri in Rayagada district late last month for refusing to withdraw her molestation case against a Sub-Inspector of Schools.
Puri Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Rajendra Rout on Saturday said the 15-year-old schoolgirl was raped by a youth near Muninda in the Delang area when she was on her way to a coaching centre by a bicycle on Friday evening.
Meanwhile, the BJP State Mahila Morcha on Saturday called for CBI probe into the barbaric killing of Tikiri UP schoolteacher Itishree Pradhan and threatened to launch a Statewide agitation if the demand was not met forthwith.