Kendujhar: Police have arrested a youth after a +3 student was allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted in broad daylight in Kendujhar district, officials said.
The incident was reported under Soso police station limits when the student was on her way to college on Thursday.
According to the complaint, the accused, identified as Ranjan Sethi, allegedly called the student off a bus on the pretext of speaking to her and took her to a hotel near Salabani Chowk, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her.
The student later managed to return home and narrated the incident to her family members. Subsequently, her family lodged a written complaint at Soso police station.
Police registered a case and launched an investigation. The accused was subsequently arrested on Saturday and is being interrogated, police said.
Further investigation is underway.
