JAJPUR, ODISHA – A 15-year-old girl has been allegedly gang-raped by three individuals, including her two hockey coaches, in Odisha’s Jajpur district, an official confirmed.
According to the First Information Report (FIR), the incident occurred on July 3rd at 7:00 PM. Coach Sarthak allegedly contacted the complainant, asking her to meet for training due to a vacancy. She informed Coaches Sidharth Rout and Sandip Swain, who advised her to go. However, she did not accompany them due to being late. Later, as she was heading home, Sarthak, Sandip, and a third individual identified as Sagar, allegedly restrained her, forcibly took her to Jyoti Lodge on a motorcycle, and physically assaulted her against her will. They also threatened to kill her if she disclosed the incident to her family.
An official further informed that, “A 15-year-old minor Hockey trainee girl from a minor community was gang raped by her coaches and associates in a lodge in Jajpur. After lodging an FIR by the victim, the Jajpur police arrested two accused coaches, and one of them ran away.” The police have imposed sections 70(2), 351(2), 74(3)(5), and 6 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The officials confirmed that the survivor had been a hockey trainee for the past two years.
Separate Incident: Odisha Congress Student Wing President Arrested in Rape Case
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, the President of the Congress party’s student wing in Odisha has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 19-year-old girl student at a college in Bhubaneswar.
The accused, identified as Udit Pradhan, has been arrested by the Odisha Police, according to information provided by the Odisha Police Commissionerate. Pradhan is the President of the Odisha National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Indian National Congress.
As per the police, the incident happened on Friday night when the girl was allegedly given an intoxicating substance in a drink by the accused before he allegedly committed the offense. The incident reportedly took place in a hotel in Mancheswar, Bhubaneswar.
Police said, “There has been an allegation by a girl student about giving an intoxicated substance in a drink and then of rape in a hotel against one Udit Pradhan.” “On the basis of the report submitted by the victim, FIR has been registered at the Mancheswar Police Station and the accused Udit Pradhan has been arrested,” Police said.