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Rape and Murder of a Dalit Girl (Code: OR-GN-09, Date: 21-Aug-2014 )
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Case primary details
| Case posted by | NDMJ Odisha |
| Case code | OR-GN-09 |
| Case year | 21-Aug-2014 |
| Type of atrocity | Rape |
| Whether the case is being followed in the court or not? | Yes |
Fact Finding
Fact finding date
| Fact finding date | Not recorded |
Case Incident
Case Incident details
| Case incident date | 21-Aug-2014 |
| Place | Village: Not recorded Taluka:Not recorded District: Ganjam District(DP) State: Odisha |
| Police station | Not recorded |
| Complaint date | 31-Dec-1969 |
| FIR date | 31-Dec-1969 |
Case brief
Case summary
Pravasini Nayak, 15 was raped and bruttally killed by unknown people at her own village Balisahi on 21.08.2014 at about 3.30 PM. Pravasini was the youngest daughter of Bhusan Nayak, a dalit amoung 21 dalit families live in Balisahi village. On 21st October, Bhusan went to work in the field along with his daughter pravasini. At about 3.00 PM, he asked his daughter to go back home as her mother is not in the house. On the same day, her mother took her eledest daughter to medical as she was sick. When Bhusan came back from field, he did not find Prabhasini and searched here and there. After through search by co villagers, they found her dead near the mango garden. Post Muterm report confirms that she was gang raped and killed. FIR is registered but PoA Act is not invoked as caste of assiliants is not known as infomed by police. Police assured the team that the culprits will be arrested soon.