Balasore: The Nilagiri police today arrested the owner of a brick kiln and a tractor driver for allegedly raping and killing a minor girl in Baghamara area of Odisha’s Balasore district.
As per the family members of the deceased girl, she had gone to a pond in the locality on November 30 morning when the accused duo forcibly took her to a place and raped the girl. The two also thrashed the victim and made her consume poison.
The girl then returned home in a critical condition, following which her family members rushed her to the Nilagiri Community Health Centre. She was later shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital as her condition deteriorated. However, she breathed her last while undergoing treatment around 4 PM.