Puri, May 26 -- In a shocking incident a youth allegedly raped a mentally deranged girl and tried to kill her as she started shouting.

The Police have registered a rape and attempt to murder case, arrested the accused Surya Narayan Swain and sent him for medical examination.

According to the complaint filed by one Saroj Kumar Swain of Sahajpur village under the Pipili police station limits, the father and daughter were staying in the village, while other family members were at Bhubaneswar.

On Saturday, when Saroj returned from the paddy field found his daughter was shouting in a high pitch.

Saroj, along with two neighbours, rushed into the house and found one Suraynarayan of his village trying to strangle her to death.

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