At a time when the Badaun gangrape and murder case in Uttar Pradesh recently have rocked the nation, another rape took place in Sundargarh on Wednesday evening.
The victim girl was rescued near Barpali forest in unconscious condition on Wednesday afternoon.
She told police that a truck driver raped her throughout Tuesdaynight and on Wednesday deserted her.
Sources said the minor girl (15), a resident of Bamra area in Sambalpur district, had left her home four days back and come to Jharsuguda in search of job. She worked there as a labourer for two days.
On Tuesday, while she was going back to her home and was waiting for bus on a highway, one dumper driver allegedly stopped his vehicle near the girl and offered to lift her.
As the girl sat inside the dumper, the driver of dumper allegedly kept the girl with him throughout the night and raped her.
When the girl threatened the driver that she would tell police, he left the girl near Basundhara mines under Hemgiri police station on Wednesday mornng.
locals noticed her lying unconscious near Barpali forest on Wednesday afternoon. They along with Balinga police rushed the girl to MCl’s Basundhara hospital at Sundargarh. Police recorded the statement of the victim girl and registered a case. An investigation was on.