Bhubaneswar, June 15: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in a forest in Odisha's Angul district, police said on Friday. The accused has been was arrested.
The incident took place on Thursday afternoon while the girl was looking after her family's goats grazing in a field in Khamar area.
"Accused, Guru Badra, found her alone in the forest and raped her. We arrested the accused on Friday after the family members lodged a complaint," said Khamar police station inspector-in-charge Santosh Kumar Mirdha.
The victim narrated the ordeal to her parents after she returned home, following which her family members filed an FIR at Khamar police station.
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New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea to accord weightage to states' proposal on the exact cost of cultivation while fixing minimum support price (MSP).
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Centre and others, including the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, seeking their response on the plea.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioners, said the plea raises a very important issue related to the farmers in the country.
The plea has sought direction to the authorities to ensure complete procurement of all notified crops under the MSP calculated on the basis of the exact cost of cultivation.
It has also sought direction to take appropriate steps to ensure complete procurement of crops from all farmers who are desirous of selling their crops at the MSP.
