A two-member inquiry panel consisting of Hemlata Kheria and Manasi Pradhan of the National Commission for Women (NCW) reached on Thursday for inquiry into the rape and stabbing of a 16-year old tribal girl in Khandapada of Nayagarh district.
The team will camp till September 4, during which it will meet parents of a girl who was raped and murdered at Salia Sahi and review the progress in the police probe. On Friday, the panel will visit Khandapada girl, who is battling for her life at SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack after being stabbed in the throat after rape. The same day, the team will reach the victim’s village Kandhamirigi under the Khandapada police limits.
On Saturday and Sunday, the team will visit all major police stations in Khandapada and Nayagarh to evaluate the arrangements for deterring crimes against women. It will also undertake an inspection of the District Headquarters Hospital to make an appraisal of its infra for handling cases of assaults on women.
On September 2, the team will leave for Baripada to meet the 20-year-old hearing and speech-impaired tribal girl, who was raped by her instructor on August 10. On September 3, the committee will camp in the capital city where concerned officials will be summoned to appear before it.