Seven persons, including two minor girls, were arrested and forwarded to court on Tuesday allegedly for assaulting a girl over personal grudge in Sundergarh district. The victim girl was admitted in the District Headquarters Hospital and she was stable.
On December 4 night, two paddy stacks of one Tarakanta Makar of Kaputikra village under lerpripada police station caught fire. However, suspecting that Nita (21) of the same village had a hand in it, the next day, Tarakanta, Hemant Makar, lalita Makar, their neighbourers Augustine Munda and Vishal Munda apart from two minor girls of Munda family, went to the house of Nita and alleged that she burnt their paddy stacks.
They assaulted Nita and left her seriously bruised. later, they along with other villagers went to lepripada police station and alleged that Nita burnt their paddy stacks.
Police arrested Nita despite her plea that she was innocent and the seven persons beat her mercilessly. later, Nita was admitted in Sundargarh DHH with critical injuries.
But when the assault on the girl came to the fore, the local police recorded the victim girl’s statement. Acting on her complaint, the police arrested the five persons and two minor girls on Tuesday afternoon.
All the five persons were forwarded to court and the two minor girls were forwarded to juvenile court.
According to sources, the accused persons had been opposing Nita’s affairs with a married man of the village, Sunil Munda, whose marriage they had mediated. Police are now investigating the case.