Odisha Rape Case

The man arrested in the murder case of a minor girl in Odisha, had raped the 5-year-old after strangling her to death, the Special Investigating Team (SIT) chief Arun Bothra said Tuesday.

The second accused in the gang- rape case of a minor girl in Odisha's Cuttack district was arrested on Thursday, a senior police officer said.

The Odisha police has issued an apology to a minor rape survivor who was allegedly sexually assaulted by police personnel including the inspector-in-charge (IIC) of a police station.

A married woman has accused a police officer of raping her at his residence on the pretext of solving a case against her family, a senior Odisha minister said on Friday.

A girl was allegedly raped by a distant relative in Odisha's Puri district, the police said on Monday.

Odisha has registered 1,865 rape cases including sexual assault on 956 minor girls, 7,706 molestation incidents and 337 dowry death cases during the first nine months of 2019, the assembly was informed on Monday.

An eight-year-old girl, with injury marks on her body, was found unconscious in a garbage dump in Odisha's Angul district today. The police said they suspect that the child was raped.

A man was awarded life imprisonment by a court in Odisha's Balasore district, 170 km from capital Bhuwaneshwar, for raping his minor niece about four months ago.

The body of an undertrial prisoner was found hanging inside the high-security Jharpada Special Jail in Bhubaneswar today, police said.

The six-year-old rape victim of Salepur died at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack today after battling for life for eight days, officials of the hospital said.

In a fifth incident of rape of a minor girl in six days in Odisha, a 14-year-old girl has been sexually assaulted in the state's Mayurbhanj district. While the Mayurbhanj incident occurred Wednesday night, four similar cases were reported in the state - one in Kalahandi and three in Balasore district - between April 13 and 17.

A 22-year-old man already facing trial in a rape case was arrested on Thursday for the alleged sexual assault of a three-year-old in Odisha's Kendrapara district.

A man who was part of a group that filmed themselves gang-raping two women and then posted the videos in WhatsApp has been arrested in Odisha.

A local court in Cuttack, Odisha today sentenced the prime accused in the Kandhamal nun rape case to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment and awarded 26-month jail term to two others.

Three men were convicted while six others were acquitted by a court in Cuttack today in the gang-rape case of a nun in Odisha's Kandhamal district in 2008.

The man arrested in the murder case of a minor girl in Odisha, had raped the 5-year-old after strangling her to death, the Special Investigating Team (SIT) chief Arun Bothra said Tuesday.

The second accused in the gang- rape case of a minor girl in Odisha's Cuttack district was arrested on Thursday, a senior police officer said.

The Odisha police has issued an apology to a minor rape survivor who was allegedly sexually assaulted by police personnel including the inspector-in-charge (IIC) of a police station.

A married woman has accused a police officer of raping her at his residence on the pretext of solving a case against her family, a senior Odisha minister said on Friday.

A girl was allegedly raped by a distant relative in Odisha's Puri district, the police said on Monday.

Odisha has registered 1,865 rape cases including sexual assault on 956 minor girls, 7,706 molestation incidents and 337 dowry death cases during the first nine months of 2019, the assembly was informed on Monday.

An eight-year-old girl, with injury marks on her body, was found unconscious in a garbage dump in Odisha's Angul district today. The police said they suspect that the child was raped.

A man was awarded life imprisonment by a court in Odisha's Balasore district, 170 km from capital Bhuwaneshwar, for raping his minor niece about four months ago.

The body of an undertrial prisoner was found hanging inside the high-security Jharpada Special Jail in Bhubaneswar today, police said.

The six-year-old rape victim of Salepur died at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack today after battling for life for eight days, officials of the hospital said.

In a fifth incident of rape of a minor girl in six days in Odisha, a 14-year-old girl has been sexually assaulted in the state's Mayurbhanj district. While the Mayurbhanj incident occurred Wednesday night, four similar cases were reported in the state - one in Kalahandi and three in Balasore district - between April 13 and 17.

A 22-year-old man already facing trial in a rape case was arrested on Thursday for the alleged sexual assault of a three-year-old in Odisha's Kendrapara district.

A man who was part of a group that filmed themselves gang-raping two women and then posted the videos in WhatsApp has been arrested in Odisha.

A local court in Cuttack, Odisha today sentenced the prime accused in the Kandhamal nun rape case to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment and awarded 26-month jail term to two others.

Three men were convicted while six others were acquitted by a court in Cuttack today in the gang-rape case of a nun in Odisha's Kandhamal district in 2008.