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A minor girl was allegedly sexually assaulted on the National Highway-16 near the Shikharpur area of Cuttack city by an auto-rickshaw driver, who then allegedly threatened to set her ablaze by pouring petrol when she resisted.
According to the FIR filed at Chauliaganj police station on Sunday, the incident occurred a week earlier on August 8. The complaint was filed after the girl narrated the ordeal to her family on Saturday.
The minor was travelling from Jagatpur to Badambadi with a friend. While returning, she reportedly asked the auto driver for water near Shikharpur. When the driver said none was available, her friend stepp...