A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by two youths in Manumahal village of Krishnanandapur gram panchayat under Tirtol block in Jagatsingpur district late on Thursday night.
Meanwhile, the Tirtol police have detained one SK Akil while the main accused was still absconding. According to the complaint, the girl went to the nearby market to buy a chalk but did not return home for two to three hours. When family members went to look for her, she was found lying unconscious in an abandoned house, a few metres from the village.
She was first sent to the Tendakuda hospital, where doctors referred her to the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack. She succumbed to her injuries on the way.