18-year-old girl raped in Kendrapada
Kendrapada: An 18-year-old girl of Nilikana village under the Nikirai police station in Kendrapada district was allegedly raped by one Basudev Sahu of Indupur village on Monday. According to Nikirai PS IIC Kiran Hembram, Basudev forcibly lifted the girl, a +2 student of the Pattamundai Women’s College, when she was returning from the college and took her to Bhubaneswar on his bike. He kept illicit relationship with her. On Friday, Sahu left the girl near the Kalapada bridge under the Kendrapada Sadar PS and threatened to kill her if she discloses the matter to her family members. A case has been registered against Sahu, informed IIC Hembram.
3 family members electrocuted
Jagatsinghpur: In a tragic incident, three members of a family were killed and another seriously injured in a village in Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Batakrushna Rout, his wife Kamala Rout and nephew Bichitrananda Rout of Murunia village under the Balikuda police limits. According to reports, the Rout couple and their nephew were killed while another nephew Himanshu Sekhar Biswal was seriously injured when a live electric wire snapped over their house due to heavy rains. Himansu was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital here and his condition is stated to be critical, sources informed.