Sambalpur: Kuchinda Police in Sambalpur district have arrested one person on charges of sexually assaulting and blackmailing a minor girl. The accused has been identified as Badal Minz.
As per a complaint by the girl’s father, she was returning home from tuition at about 8 PM during the lockdown in 2020 when two accused persons Badal Minz and Naren Majhi forcibly took her to a nearby lonely place and committed sexual assault.
They video graphed it and threatened the victim with dire consequences if she disclosed it to family members. They sexually assaulted her repeatedly by blackmailing her to make the video viral.
As the torture was intolerable, she went to the house of her relative and then to the school. During vacation also she didn’t return home. In the school, the matron came to know about the incident and called her father.
Based on the complaint of her father, police initiated a probe and arrested one accused Badal. Other formalities of investigation is going on.
