The Nilagiri police on Wednesday arrested the owner of a brick kiln and a tractor driver for allegedly raping and killing a minor girl in the Baghamara area of Baleswar district on November 30. As per the complaint of family members of the deceased, she had gone to a pond in the locality on the fateful day morning when the accused raped the girl. The duo also thrashed the victim and made her consume poison.
The girl then returned home in a critical condition, following which her family members rushed her to the Nilagiri Community Health Centre. Later, she was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital as her condition deteriorated but she died.