Nayagarh, Sept. 7 -- Odisha Police apprehended five "Child in Conflict with Law" (CCL) for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a minor student at a madarsa in Odisha's Nayagarh.

ASP Subhash Panda informed that the five juveniles were produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and booked under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, and relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

The Board sent them to "Angul Bala Sudhar Gruha" (a rehabilitation home for juveniles) for 13 days.

Panda said that during the investigation, sufficient evidence was collected that an elder student of a madarsa committed this ghastly incident, and he, on August 31st, after sodomy (sexually assaulting) the boy, tried ...