The Child Welfare Committee(CWC), Sundargarh, visited a nine-year-old rape victim on Friday who has been admitted to the Rourkela Government Hospital and conducted an inquiry into the matter.
After examining the family condition of the girl, the CWC decided to send the victim girl and his six- year- old brother to a child care institute of the city soon.
Sources said, the victim of Bondamunda area was allegedly raped by a 52- year- old person on December 25, as the accused had lured the girl by offering her chocolate and raped her after taking to a secluded location. The matter however had come to fore on December 27, when father of the victim girl had lodged a complaint in Bondamunda police station. Investigating in to the case, Bondamunda police had arrested accused Susil Nayak (52), a resident of RS colony area of Bondamunda and forwarded him to court on Thursday.
"During interaction with the family members of the victim girl, we came to know that the family is financially weak, since his father, who is aged about sixty years, is not engaged anywhere and has no income whereas her mother earns livelihood for the family by working as rag pickers," said Pradeep Mishra, member of CWC Sundargarh.