Bhubaneswar (Odisha): A man has been arrested by the Odisha police on charges of impregnating a minor residing in a girls' hostel run by the ST & SC Development Department of the state government.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Anup Sahoo said that the accused was arrested by the personnel of the Mahila Police Station from Adivasi Gaon in Bhubaneswar.
The man, who is a distant relative of the minor girl, allegedly raped her twice when she had gone to the house of a relative at Salia Sahi area during the summer vacation.
The matter came to the fore during a health check-up conducted under the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) on June 28. Further investigation in the matter is underway.
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