Bhubaneswar, Dec. 24 -- The rape and murder of a ten-year-old girl in Odisha's Bhadran district has sparked massive outrage across the State with agitated locals laying siege at a police station in the district while the Opposition BJD hit the streets on Wednesday registering noisy protest in Bhubaneswar.
Expressing deep anguish over the incident, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh to the bereaved family.
The arrested accused will be duly punished in accordance with law and police will act accordingly in submitting the medico-legal evidence before the Court for expeditious trial and conviction of the wrongdoer, CM Majhi said.
The sexual abuse and murder of the victim occurred at in Baligaon vil...