<p>Two people have been arrested in Odisha's Sundergarh district for raping a 13-year-old girl, police said Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident occurred Jan 10 near Chungimati village under Kansbahal police outpost area, about 480 km from state capital, but came to light only after the girl's family lodged a complaint with the police Thursday, sub-divisional police officer S.K.Panigrahi told IANS.<br /><br />Panigrahi said the girl had gone along with her friends to answer nature's call on the banks of a river near the village. While returning, the girl went back alone to the river bank to collect something she had forgotten to take earlier. <br /><br />While returning to join her friends, two people aged 40 and 25 dragged her to a secluded place and raped her, the police officer said. <br /><br />The girl narrated the incident to her elder sister five days later. Her family consulted villagers and informed the police Thursday, he said. <br /><br />Police have arrested both the offenders. The victim was medically examined, the police officer said. <br /><br />In a separate case, an eleven-year-old schoolgirl was raped in the state's Sonepur district Friday.<br />x<br />Hemsagar Bhoi, a police officer in the area, said the girl, a resident of Bagbar village, had gone to a nearby pond to answer nature's call during the recess at school, when a 50-year-old man forcibly took her to an isolated spot and committed the crime. "Efforts are on to nab the offender" Bhoi told IANS.<br /><br />The district headquarters of Sonepur is 279 km from state capital Bhubaneswar. Bagbar village is about 25 km from the district headquarters. <br /></p>
<p>Two people have been arrested in Odisha's Sundergarh district for raping a 13-year-old girl, police said Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident occurred Jan 10 near Chungimati village under Kansbahal police outpost area, about 480 km from state capital, but came to light only after the girl's family lodged a complaint with the police Thursday, sub-divisional police officer S.K.Panigrahi told IANS.<br /><br />Panigrahi said the girl had gone along with her friends to answer nature's call on the banks of a river near the village. While returning, the girl went back alone to the river bank to collect something she had forgotten to take earlier. <br /><br />While returning to join her friends, two people aged 40 and 25 dragged her to a secluded place and raped her, the police officer said. <br /><br />The girl narrated the incident to her elder sister five days later. Her family consulted villagers and informed the police Thursday, he said. <br /><br />Police have arrested both the offenders. The victim was medically examined, the police officer said. <br /><br />In a separate case, an eleven-year-old schoolgirl was raped in the state's Sonepur district Friday.<br />x<br />Hemsagar Bhoi, a police officer in the area, said the girl, a resident of Bagbar village, had gone to a nearby pond to answer nature's call during the recess at school, when a 50-year-old man forcibly took her to an isolated spot and committed the crime. "Efforts are on to nab the offender" Bhoi told IANS.<br /><br />The district headquarters of Sonepur is 279 km from state capital Bhubaneswar. Bagbar village is about 25 km from the district headquarters. <br /></p>