A 15-year-old Dalit girl’s body was on Thursday found hanging from a tree in Boudh district. The girl was a class-IX student at Gogendradeb upgraded school at Jaitapur village in the district.
The body, which bore several injury marks, was sent for post-mortem, the police said, adding that the victim’s mother in her FIR alleged that it was a case of rape and murder.
The girl had left her house in the evening of Tuesday and did not return till her body was found. As the leg of the body was touching the ground, the family members suspected it to be a case of rape and murder.
The police have picked up two persons for questioning.
In another incident, the body of a female worker (45) was recovered on Wednesday in a pool of blood at a hotel near ITI on the outskirt of Phulbani town, police said. The victim hailed from Kunjanpada village under Komna Police Station in Nuapada district. Khajuripada police station IIC Akshay Kumar Ghadei said the body was sent for post mortem to the District Headquarters Hospital here.