• By Nidhi Giri
  • Thu, 26 Jun 2025 04:37 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Rape Cases In Odisha: A woman was allegedly gang-raped when she was on her way back from a local temple in Karanjai area of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on June 25. This is the fifth rape incident in Odisha in a period of 10 days, highlighting the spike in crimes against women in the state. One suspect has been arrested by the police and has been identified as Bikash Patra from Malarpada village. The police are searching for the other two men.

Three men stopped the young woman and took her to a nearby forest where they assaulted her, preliminary reports stated, according to an NDTV.

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In another incident, a 17-year-old girl alleged she was raped by a clinic owner on June 25. The vicitim's family was promised free accommodation and assistance to the girl for BSc (Nursing) course by the accused. A case has been registered in the matter.

On June 19, another woman in Mayurbhanj district was allegedly raped by four men, police said. According to the complaint lodged by the 31-year-old victim's husband, four men known to the family entered their house located under the Baripada Sadar police station area when her husband and other family members were not there. The four forcibly took her to a place in the jurisdiction of another police station and took turns in raping her.

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Baripada Sadar police station inspector-in-charge Aditya Prasad Jena said that the four men have been named by the victim and all of them are absconding.

“A team has been formed to search the accused people,” Jena said, adding that perpetrators threatened to kill her if she disclosed the matter to anyone.

The woman was admitted to a government hospital and her health condition is stated to be stable.

The incident came close on the heels of gang rapes in two other districts of the state. A college student was allegedly gang-raped on Gopalpur beach on June 17, and the police arrested 10 accused including four minors.

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped, killed and hanged from a tree in Keonjhar district on June 18.