Berhampur, Jan 17: A man was arrested today from the Seashore at Bada Arjeepalli in Ganjam for allegedly slitting a minor girl’s throat and attempting to drink her blood.
Identified as U bairagi (33), of Bada Arjeepalli, the accused sliced the minor girl’s throat, who stays in his neighborhood, with a razor blade while she was playing with her friends on Sunday afternoon. After slicing her throat he tried to drink her blood, said sources.
The girl was rescued in a very critical condition and was rushed to the sub divisional hospital at Chhatrapur and later was shifted again, where she is undergoing medical treatment at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital here, and is still stated to be critical. The locals near the Gopalpur port jetty caught him while he was trying to escape after committing the crime and handed him over to the police.
Bairagi was arrested and forwarded to court, which sent him to jail.
Reasons for the incident are yet to be known. Bairagi hasn’t revealed anything about the brutal incident. However he appeared to be mentally good but blood marks were detected on his face and mouth.
