Phulbani: A day after the mutilated body of a minor girl was recovered from a forest near Kotpad in Kandhamal district, a group of locals staged a road blockade near Hatapada demanding compensation to the bereaved family.
“We demand immediate arrest of the accused and a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family members of the girl, who was raped and murdered and later, dumped in the forest area. We will intensify the protest, if the police fails to take appropriate action in this regard,” an agitator said.
According to available information, the incident occurred at around 2 am on Saturday when Class IV girl student had gone to attend nature’s call at a nullah near her house after returning from school.
When the minor did not return home, her family members started searching for her and later lodged a missing complaint at Kotapad police station in the evening.
Moments later, the cops found the child’s body with injury marks from the forest.
A youth identified as Gagan Nayak has been detained by the police for questioning in this connection.
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