luring a minor girl to marry her with the help of a marriage negotiator, a married person and the negotiator allegedly raped her after kidnapping her from her house at Tikhiri village under the Marshaghai police station. Police have arrested one of the accused, Dinabandhu Mallick, said Marshaghai police station IIC SK Patra. The girl’s father on Thursday lodged an FIR alleging that one Jagan Mallick (42), a resident of Baro village under the Nikirai police station, who was in profession of a marriage negotiator, came to his house some days back and promised the family members to arrange good candidate for the girl for marriage.
On January 19, Jagan lured the girl and kidnapped her. He invited his 27-year-old married friend Dinabandhu Mallick, a resident of Bagadia village, to come with them. Dinabandhu and Jagan then went to Talcher with the girl and kept her at Dinabandhu’s uncle’s house there and raped her for couple of days. On January 12, they left the girl near her village and fled from the spot, the FIR said. A haunt is on to nab Jagan, said the police.