Police have arrested on Saturday night two youths in Jajpur district for alleged abduction and gangrape of a minor schoolgirl on Wednesday.
“The 17-year-old girl of Routara village under the Binjharapur police station was kidnapped by two persons when she was returning to her village from the nearby market at Binjharapur on Wednesday evening. We launched an investigation after the girl’s mother filed an FIR and rescued the victim from the nearby village Raghunathpur on Saturday night and arrested Santosh Jena (26) of Talasahi and Sk Adua ( 27) of Binjharapur,” said Binjharapur police station IIC Suchitra Birya Das.
Police booked both the accused under Sections 363, 366, 376 (d) of IPC and Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012. “We are investigating the case,” added the police officer.