Kendrapara, Oct. 17 -- A local court has sentenced a man to jail for raping a 16-year-old girl in Rajkanika area earlier this month.
According to Rajkanika police station IIC Sanjay Kumar Malik, the convict, Dipak Kumar Tarai alias Sukanta of Akhulipada village, had forcibly taken the minor girl to a nearby forest and raped her on October 2, while she was returning home after watching Durga Puja celebrations.
Following a complaint lodged by the victim on October 3, Rajkanika police registered a case and arrested Tarai from Cuttack after a brief manhunt.
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