Two youths were arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting and murdering 22-year-old tribal girl of Rampasa village under the Jajpur Road police station in Jajpur district on Thursday night.
“Both the arrested youths have been identified as Jayadev Das (21) of laxminagar and Bapuni Das (23) of village Hudisahi. The victim was kidnapped on Thursday evening by the both the accused persons when she was returning to her village. later, they sexually assaulted and murdered her,” said Jajpur Road police station IIC Rajiv lochan Panda.
The victim girl used to walk some distance from her village to work as a daily wager. On the fateful night, when she failed to return home, villagers launched a search for her. On Friday, some villagers found her body with injury marks. The police pressed a sniffer dog to nab the culprits.
The police filed a case on Monday and the accused were produced in the Court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) at Jajpur Road. The court rejected their bail applications and remanded them to jail custody.