Police on Tuesday arrested a person in connection with the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl of Kharkhari village under the Kankadahad village of Dhenkanal district on November 13.
The arrestee was identified as Sankarshan Dehury of Kaliapani village in Jajpur district. He is a relative of the deceased girl, police said.
The body of the girl was found in a drain near a market at Kharkhari. It was alleged in the complaint by the deceased’s family that the child was raped and then murdered. Later, the body was dumped in the drain.
During the course of investigation, police apprehended Dehury. He has confessed to the crime during interrogation, police said.