Two minor girls gang-raped in Rourkela

Bhubaneswar : In a horrific incident, two young girls, aged 7 and 9, were allegedly gang-raped in a jungle near Birsa Chowk in Rourkela on Saturday evening. According to the police, two minor sisters were abducted and sexually assaulted by two local youths in Rourkela. The sisters, aged 7 and 9, had gone to the market on Birsa Munda Street when the assailants intercepted them. The perpetrators then took the girls to a nearby jungle near Birsa Chowk and subjected them to repeated sexual assault The incident occurred in the area under the Rourkela Plantsite police limits. Following the rescue of the victims, police initiated an investigation into the horrific incident. A POCSO case has been filed on the basis of a complaint lodged by a relative of the girls. “As per the complaint we have received, two girls had gone to the Bisra Chakka area for marketing at around 5.00 pm. Taking the advantage of the girls being alone, two-three youths forcefully took them in an auto-rickshaw and raped them in an isolated location,” informed Rourkela Zone-II DSP Nirmal Chandra Mohapatra. The police have detained two people for questioning. The police have formed two teams and launched a manhunt to nab the other accused.