The Mahakalpada police on Sunday arrested one Ami alaias Amiya Mallick of Nantara village on the charges of kidnapping and gang-raping a minor girl along with his other friends after confining the victim minor girl to a building for nearly16 days. The police later sent the victim and the arrested to the District Headquarters Hospital for medical test before the accused was produced in court. Mallick is the prime accused in the gang rape incident, informed SP Nitinjeet Singh. Amiya was on Sunday produced in the SDJM Court of Kendrapada under various Sections of IPC and POCSO Act, where he was remanded in jail custody after his bail petitions were rejected.
According to Singh, the victim is a 10th class girl. She alleged in her complaint on Saturday that on July 25, while going to BijayNagar-based Gramya Bank to withdraw her stipend money, she was offered lift on motorcycle at Kanpur Chowk by one Amiya Mallick alias Ami. After she withdrew Rs 3,000 from the bank, Amiya snatched the money, her ATM, mobile phone and bank pass book and said he would return them all, provided she came with him on his bike for dropping her at her house.