Cuttack/Keonjhar: Two minor girls were allegedly raped in different parts of Odisha last evening. Out of these cases, one minor girl, a six-year-old was beaten to death after being raped.

In Keonjhar, the six-year-old girl’s body was found in a forest in Bameberi police limits area. As per a complaint filed by the victim’s family members, the girl was raped before being beaten to death.

Suspecting the involvement of a minor boy, who was a neighbour of the girl, police detained him to question about the incident.

In another incident, a minor girl was raped in a cashew forest in Mahisialanda village under Choudwar police limits in Cuttack district. Based on a complaint filed by the victim’s father, police started investigation and sent the girl for medical examination today.

Sources said the accused is still at large and police have launched a manhunt to nab him.