The Commissionerate police arrested a married couple for allegedly abducting their house owner’s minor daughter. She was allegedly raped by the male accused repeatedly during her six months of confinement here.
The accused identified as Raju Guru alias Krishna Nayak (26) and his wife Sumitra Guru (24) of Itapala village under the Dhusuri police station of Bhadrak district were sent to the Jharpada jail after their bail petition was dismissed by a court on Friday. The preliminary investigation by police revealed that the couple had abducted the minor girl of their house owner over a dispute over rent.
Reports said Raju and his wife were staying in a rented house at Santoshinagar slum in Bharatpur area on the outskirts of the city. They allegedly kidnapped their house owner’s minor daughter over rent payment on March 28 and confined her for six months. However, the victim managed to escape from their clutches on Thursday Rs evening. The Khandagiri police arrested the accused couple from a house after a raid at a slum area in Cuttack.