Bhubaneswar, Feb. 17 -- The Commissionerate Police has arrested a youth on charges of raping and impregnating a minor girl in the Odisha capital here.

Shree Lingaraj police in the city here have arrested accused Sitaram Palei aka Guna/Muna Palei (20), son of Sanatan Palei of Tikarapada under Belguntha police limits in Ganjam, from Surat in Gujarat.

According to police, the accused had developed a relationship with a 13-year-old girl from Nayagarh while residing in the city here around a year ago.

The girl's parents were daily wagers and staying in the Old Town area of the capital city.

The accused allegedly kept physical relation with the minor girl several times on the promise of marriage. He, however, ditched the girl after she got ...