Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday expressed deep grief in the State Assembly over the death of the six-year-old rape victim of Salepur, who was undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack for more than a week.
He also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the deceased victim’s family and assured the Assembly that stern punishment would be meted out to the rape accused.
Notably, the girl had been found unconscious in a school compound in Salepur on April 21. She died while undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital on Sunday. The accused in the case, Mohammad Mustaq, has been arrested.
Meanwhile, a fact-finding team of the Congress, including senior leaders Shaikh Matlub Ali, Bijaylaxmi Sahoo and Sumitra Jena, visited Salepur and met the deceased victim’s family members.
Similarly, BJP and BJD teams also visited the victims’ family members later in the day.
The last rites of the victim were conducted at her village on Sunday.