Angul, March 16: In a shocking incident, a minor girl was reportedly raped and murdered in Angul.
The body of the 5-year girl, who was missing from last Thursday, was recovered from near a Mahua tree on Sunday.
The heart wrenching incident took place in the Nisha area under the Nisha Industrial Police limit.
According to the police, the girl’s parents had lodged a missing report with the police getting her ward nowhere on Thursday. Meanwhile, the wounded body of the minor was recovered from a bush near a Mahua tree today.
On being informed, the police reached the spot, seized the body and performed the formal inquest. Subsequently, forensic team initiated an investigation which indicated that the minor girl was killed after sexual assault.
Based on the clues of the victim’s parents, the police detained a suspect.
Interrogation to the detainee is underway, said police.
