Youth rapes, kills girl in Odisha village

The police recovered body of the tribal girl from a forest near their village Garudabasa under Betnoti police limits this morning and sent it for post-mortem examination.

As the girl did not return home in the evening yesterday, her family members started searching for her in and around the village, police said.

It was come to be known at that time that some people had seen a youth of the village taking her on his motorcycle to a festival being held in a nearby village.

The villagers tied him to a tree and beat him up, following which he confessed to have raping and killing the girl, police said. The youth was arrested.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed concern over the rape and murder of the minor girl and conveyed his deep sympathy towards the family of the victim.

Patnaik also announced ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the family of the girl.

He also directed officials for speedy trial of the case.