Rourkela: A minor girl was raped and killed, while another was gang-raped in a separate incident in Odisha's Sundargarh district, police said on Tuesday.
In the first incident, 15-year-old girl was raped and then murdered near Sundargarh town. The girl belonged to Colonypara near Gopalpur, they said.
The naked body of the victim was found on the bank of the river Basundhara, Inspector-in-charge of Hemgiri police station, Sradhanjali Behera said.
The girl went missing on the evening of July 20 and her family reported the matter to the police the next day.
"We have just recovered the body and the scientific team is doing the initial investigation. Early signs show this could be a case of rape and murder. So far no one has been arrested," they said.
A minor girl was gang-raped at Rampur village under Kuanrmunda police station area on the night of July 10, they said.
Another incident took place in Rampur over two weeks days ago. The victim did not disclose it to anyone as she was threatened by the man, allegedly involved in the crime. On Monday, after video of the crime went viral on social media, a police official said.
As per the girl's complaint, 8 to 10 youths took her forcibly away when she was watching a marriage procession near her house on July 10 night.
They took the girl to an isolated place and raped her, police said, adding the accused also took video shots of the act.
Acting on the information provided by the girl, police have arrested two persons in the case so far and efforts are on to nab eight others, said officer-in-charge of Kuanrmunda police outpost, Hrushikesh Behera.
The incidents come to light two days after an eight-year-old girl was found lying unconscious near a garbage dump with injury marks on her body on Sunday. It is suspected that the accused also tried to kill the girl after raping her.
The Odisha Assembly, for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, witnessed pandemonium and was adjourned after opposition parties continued demanding Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's resignation over rising incidents of missing children and rape cases.
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