A five-year-old girl was found dead in Angul district, Odisha. Police confirmed she was sexually assaulted and then strangled. A suspect from her neighborhood has been detained for questioning.

BHUBANESWAR: A five-year-old girl was found dead in a forest area in Angul district on Saturday evening with police on Sunday confirming that she was sexually assaulted and strangled.
Angul SP, Rahul Jain, said the lone suspect, who lives in the victim’s neighbourhood, has been detained.
The suspect will undergo questioning before being formally arrested and presented before the local court on Monday.
“The victim’s family reported her missing to the local police on March 14, following which a missing person’s case was registered at the police station. The search concluded when our personnel located her body in the vicinity of her village on Saturday,” SP Rahul Jain said.
The SP stated that a DSP would investigate this sensitive matter while the charge sheet will be filed in court against the accused within 15 days.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)