A youth was arrested on Monday on the charge of raping his house owner’s daughter under the Airfield police station in the city on Saturday night.
The accused was identified as Bijay Pradhan, a florist from Nayagarh district.
Reports said the youth, who was staying on rent under Airfield PS area for a long time, had eyes on his house owner’s daughter.
When the girl was alone at home, taking advantage of it, Pradhan called her into his room, where he allegedly outraged her modesty. After the victim shouted for help, the youth fled from the spot.
Following a complaint lodged at the Airfield police station, the cops nabbed the accused from Pokhariput in the city by tracking his mobile phone on Monday.