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Alone at home while her parents went to vote, a girl was raped and murdered in Odisha

Baripada, June 2 (PTI) – A man allegedly raped and killed a seven-year-old girl when she was alone at home and her parents went to cast their vote, police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred on Saturday in a village in the Kuliana police station area of ​​Mayurbhjanj district in the state of Odisha, it said.

The 23-year-old man went to the girl’s house and took her near a river where he allegedly raped her and then strangled her to death, they added.

Villagers found the girl’s body and arrested the accused. They later handed him over to the police.

A case has been registered under sections 376AB (rape) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), an official said. PTI COR AAM AAM SOM

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