Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 (IANS) An official of the National Commission for Women (NCW) arrived in Odisha Thursday to probe a 19-year-old woman’s alleged gang rape in November last year in Puri district.
NCW member-secretary Anita Agnihotri, on a two-day trip to the state, visited Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital (SCB) at Cuttack, 26 km from here, and met the woman’s relatives.
“I met the father and other relatives of the victim. I will submit a report to the commission soon,” Agnihotri told reporters after visiting the hospital.
The 19-year-old woman has been in coma after she was allegedly gang raped Nov 28 by some people near her village Arjunagoda, barely 10 km from this state capital.
Her family alleges that the rapists were the same people who had assaulted her in 2008 and against whom she had put up a determined fight in court in a molestation case.
The shocking incident came to light recently when the girl was denied proper treatment at a hospital and some journalists reported the case.
Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy resigned Jan 19 on moral grounds after the opposition and the girl’s family alleged that he protected the attackers.
Police have arrested four people. A one-man judicial commission, led by a retired judge of the Odisha High Court, is also probing the case.
