Two rape cases have rocked the district even as police managed to nab the accused.
While one case was reported from Dhuturapara here, another occurred under Thelkolai police limits. Police registered cases after receiving complaints against the accused. Both accused and survivors were medically examined.
While Deepak Hara, 35, is the accused in Dhuturapara case, Prasanta Kishan, 22, was held for Thelkolai incident.
Police sources said the survivor in the Dhuturapara incident is a married woman. On Sunday night, the accused allegedly raped her finding her alone. “Deepak overpowered and raped her by gagging,” IIC of Mahila police station Bandana Routray said. In the other incident, a 20-year-old unmarried girl alleged that she went with the accused to different places last week after he promised to marry her. But he left her alone on Sunday after raping her repeatedly, the survivor charged.
