The accused fled the realm after the incident and he was arrested later, cops mentioned. (Representational)
Ganjam:
A 22-year-old engineering pupil was arrested on Wednesday over the loss of life of a four-year-old boy in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police mentioned.
The boy was present in blood on the terrace of his neighbour’s home on Tuesday.
As per preliminary investigation, the engineering pupil had sexually assaulted the boy and fearing arrest, smashed the boy’s head with an iron door of the under-construction home, a police officer mentioned.
The accused fled the realm after the incident and he was arrested close to Aska, its SDPO Uma Shankar Singh mentioned.
He mentioned the precise reason behind the loss of life may very well be ascertained solely after getting the autopsy report.
The incident got here to mild after the sufferer’s dad and mom didn’t discover the boy in the home for lengthy hours and later noticed the boy within the pool of blood on the terrace of the neighbour’s home. He was taken to a group well being centre in Dharakote, the place the physician declared him lifeless.
In the meantime, human rights activist Rabindra Mishra appealed to the Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC) to direct the state authorities to take stringent motion in opposition to the accused and pay a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the sufferer’s dad and mom.
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