The police on Sunday detained a youth on the charge of raping an eight-year-old girl of the Nathuabar Primary School under the Kuakhia police station in Jajpur district.
The victim girl, who is reading in Class-11, was raped by the accused in the under-construction school building on Friday. “The accused, Kuna Pradhan (22), had managed to flee from the village. However, the police succeeded in arresting him after raiding several hideouts. The youth was medically examined by the doctors on Sunday,” said IIC of Kuakhia police station KC Nayak.