Odisha college girl raped by school teacher in forest; video goes viral

Kuchinda: A minor girl has been allegedly raped by a school teacher in a forest in Kuchinda block of Odisha’s Sambalpur district, the video of which has gone viral.

According to reports, the victim, a +2 second year student of Kuchinda Women’s College was allegedly raped by Pramod Kumar Kharsel, a school teacher of Bouriguda panchayat high school and resident of Nagadihi village on July 11 in Dhanudihi forest.

Pramod is a video content producer who has a YouTube channel and uploads Sambalpuri music videos on it. He lured the girl into the forest on the pretext of showing her the shoot of a music video and allegedly outraged her modesty.

A few locals captured the incident on camera and circulated the video on social media. The girl came across the video and registered a complaint against Pramod last night at Kuchinda Police station.

While the girl has been sent for medical tests to Sambalpur District Headquarters Hospital, the accused school teacher is currently absconding.