Police claim Kendrapara rape accused is not a minor

Kendrapara, Sep 1 :

Accused of violating the Juvenile Justice Act, police today claimed that the third accused in the July 28 alleged rape and fatal burning of a minor dalit girl is an adult as per the ossification bone test.

“We conducted the ossification bone (age determination) test of the third accused at district headquarters hospital here”, police said.

(PTI)