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Cuttack: The six-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and strangled in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Saturday, has slipped into the coma, reported Hindustan Times. The daily quoted SCB Medical College and Hospital Superintendent Prof Shyma Kanungo as saying: “She has suffered deep injuries on her face and her brain due to throttling…We are trying our best.” The girl was admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack after she was found lying unconscious on a school campus in Jagannathpur village of Salepur on Saturday night.

The girl has suffered critical injuries in her head, face, neck, chest as well as private parts. At around 6 pm on Saturday, the little girl had gone to a shop near Jagannathpur Nodal Upper Primary school to buy a pack of biscuits. However, when she did not return home till late, her family began to look around for her. She was found unconscious on the school campus at around 7.30 pm. "The accused lured her away with a chocolate. After raping her on the school premises, he attempted to kill her by throttling her," Salipur Sub-Divisional Police Officer PK Jena told news agency IANS.

The Odisha Police later arrested accused Mohammad Mushtaq, a neighbour, in the case. Odisha Health Minister Pratap Jena visited the victim in the hospital. "A team of 13 doctors has been set up to treat the girl, who is in the Intensive Care Unit. Whether the girl was raped or not will be known after reports are received from various departments. However, the girl has several injuries on her body," the minister had said.

Odisha: 6-year-old girl, out to buy biscuits, raped, strangled, left to die in school campus

The accused has been remanded in jail custody, police said.