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Man gets 20 years imprisonment for raping five-year-old girl in Odisha’s Sambalpur

SAMBALPUR: The special POCSO court in Sambalpur on Thursday sentenced an elderly man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl at a village within Jamankira police limits of Sambalpur district.

As per reports, on October 23, 2022, the victim, along with her younger sister was playing near a haystack when Brahma Khadia (60) of the village raped her at a spot nearby. The father of the victim who while returning from his farm caught Brahma in the act and rescued his daughter but the latter managed to flee.

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