The Dom Gana Samaj, a Dalit association of Nuapada district, on Wednesday organised a protest meeting at Khariar against the Government failure to nab culprits, who had raped and killed a 15-year-old girl of Sargipali village under Balangir district’s Khaprakhol block a fortnight ago.
Snehalata (15), a student of local school, was spearheading a movement against the local liquor mafias. Some miscreants raped and murdered her on May 22.
The agitators demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. They submitted a memorandum, addressed to the Chief Minister, to the BDO, demanding a CBI probe into the case, compensation of `20 lakh to the deceased girl’s family and a thorough inquiry into all atrocity cases happened in the last 10 years in Balangir district.
The rally was led by youth leader Kamal lochan Tandib and former NAC Chairman Nimai Charan Tandi. Dalit leaders Ghanashyam Bhitria, Khuturam Sunani and Goriamani Sagaria spoke at the meeting.