17-year-old Bihar girl allegedly gang-raped in Bhubaneswar, in critical condition: Police

According to the police, the girl was found lying unconscious with multiple injuries on the roadside near the Ashoknagar area of Bhubaneswar

Published on: Oct 18, 2025, 11:26:43 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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Bhubaneswar: A 17-year-old girl from Bihar was allegedly gang-raped in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar late Friday night. The girl was rescued and admitted to Capital Hospital by a group of autorickshaw drivers, police said.

The survivor’s condition remains critical. She is in the ICU, police said. (Representative photo)

“The survivor’s condition remains critical. She is in the ICU. CCTV footage from the area is being examined,” police commissioner S. Dev Datt Singh said.

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According to the police, the girl was found lying unconscious with multiple injuries on the roadside near the Ashoknagar area of Bhubaneswar. The locals initially mistook her to be specially abled. Later, a group of autorickshaw drivers noticed her and shifted her to Capital Hospital.

The hospital authorities said the girl was brutally assaulted and was in a state of trauma. “She was unable to speak clearly but managed to indicate that she was from Bihar,” a hospital official, requesting anonymity, said.

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The hospital authorities alerted the police. “A case was registered and efforts are on to identify and arrest the culprits. Her identity is also being verified,” Singh said.

As per police records, the crime rate against children in Odisha is 59.5%, based on the actual child population of 144.1 lakh (as per Census 2011). The overall chargesheet rate for such crimes stood at 41.5% in 2023, one of the lowest in the country, and the pendency percentage in court was 90.

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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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