In a shocking incident, a Class-IX girl was allegedly raped after being abducted by two youths at Kodibahal village under the Kantamal police station of Boudh district on Sunday evening.
Sources said the girl had come to the village to attend the marriage function of a relative. She along with her paternal aunt had gone to fetch water from a nearby tube well in the evening when two youths from the village dragged her to a nearby forest in presence of her aunt and raped her. The youths left the girl at around 10 pm.
When she came back and informed the family members, a complaint was lodged at the Kantamal police station. The accused are on the run and the police have begun investigation, informed sources.
“The family lodged a report at around 10.30 pm yesterday. The girl said that she had arrived in the village to attend a marriage function of a relative.
She had gone with her aunt in the evening when two youths of Kodibahal abducted her and one of them raped her,” said Kantamal PS IIC Purna Chandra Kishan.