Patana: Police in Ken dujhar district have arrested a man on charges of raping an 8-year-old girl in the Patana police station area. The accused, identified as Kushunu Munda, 25, of Badabil panchayat, was arrested Friday following a complaint from the victim’s family. According to police, the girl’s family runs a small betel shop from home. The accused visited the shop Thursday at about 9pm to buy chewing tobacco.
At that time, the girl was alone at home as her family members had gone to a neighbour’s house. Police said the man took the girl roughly 30 metres from the house to a cashew tree, where he assaulted her before fleeing. A case (263/26) was registered based on the family’s complaint, and police launched an investigation.
Both the victim and the accused underwent medical examinations Friday at Dharanidhar Medical College in Kendujhar. Patana police station officer-in-charge Kiran Prasad Sahu said the accused would be produced before a court Saturday morning.
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