A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 18-year-old cousin in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna. The police arrested the accused in the case.
According to PTI, the incident took place in a village under the jurisdiction of Uchehra police station limits. The incident reportedly took place on June 23.
Police: Accused took the girl into bushes
A police officer said the accused lured the girl with Jamun fruit and took her into the buses alongside the railway track, and raped her. Later, a few women heard her crying in the fields. They took the girl to her family members.
Police registered case against accused
The police swung into action and arrested the accused. The girl has been admitted to hospital for treatment. Her condition is said to be stable. The police registered a case against the accused and launched a probe into the matter.
Odisha: NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of gang rape
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging that a 20-year-old female college student was gang raped by nearly 10 men on the Gopalpur sea beach in Odisha’s Ganjam district on June 15.
According to an NHRC statement, the victim had gone to the beach along with a male friend to celebrate a festival. The perpetrators, after overpowering her friend, sexually assaulted her.
NHRC issued notices to the Chief Secretary and DGP
The Commission has observed that the media report’s contents, if true, raise a serious issue of human rights violation. Therefore, it has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, Odisha, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.
The report is expected to include the investigation status in the case, the victim’s health, and any compensation or counselling provided by the state authorities.
Police detained 7 suspects
According to the media report, published on 16 June 2025, the victim was sent to the MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur for medical examination. The police have detained seven suspects in the case.
Meanwhile, on Friday, Odisha Congress President Bhakta Charan Das strongly criticised the state government over its handling of the Gopalpur gangrape case and the cholera outbreak, alleging that both issues reflected a complete administrative failure.
