Man held for raping, decapitating six-year-old in Odisha

Nayagarh police superintendent Siddharth Kataria said the accused works as a labourer in Tamil Nadu. He added the accused allegedly lured the girl by telling her that he will show her a video on his smartphone

Published on: Jun 18, 2021, 10:34:23 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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A 21-year-old man has been arrested in Odisha’s Nayagarh for allegedly sexually assaulting and then decapitating a six-year-old girl, whose body was recovered from a forested area on Wednesday four days after she went missing.

Nayagarh police superintendent Siddharth Kataria said the accused works as a labourer in Tamil Nadu. He added the accused allegedly lured the girl by telling her that he will show her a video on his smartphone. Kataria said the accused assaulted the girl and when she became unconscious, he killed her.

Kataria said they zeroed in on the accused since many children in their village would watch videos on his smartphone. He added the accused tried to mislead the villagers saying the local deity may have taken the girl and that she would return on her own on the seventh day.

This is the second such case in Nayagarh since July last year when a teenager allegedly strangulated a five-year-old girl after attempting to sexually assault her.

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Debabrata Mohanty
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.Read More

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