Odisha girl kidnapped & gang-raped for 28 days, thrown into river

Jajpur: A girl of Odisha’s Jajpur district was allegedly kidnapped by a group of miscreants and gang-raped for 28 days inside a house. The ordeal of the victim didn’t end there as she was yesterday thrown into Kharasrota river.

The girl managed to swim ashore and reached Routpur village under Kuakhia police limits in the district, after which she narrated the entire episode before the villagers.

According to the victim, she was abducted by some miscreants on August 20 while she had gone to Madhuban Bazaar. The kidnappers later confined her inside a house located at a secluded place and gang-raper her, she alleged.

Last night, the wrongdoers threw her into Kharasrota river in a bid to kill her. On being informed by the villagers, police reached the spot and took the girl to the police station, where it came to fore that she had gone missing since August 20 and a complaint in this regard was lodged by her parents.