Odisha woman raped by boyfriend, then stranger; dies after being thrown off building

The woman was first raped by her boyfriend, who later abandoned her. She was then taken by a stranger to another location, where he raped her and pushed her from the fourth floor.

A 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped twice in separate locations by her boyfriend and then later by a stranger before being thrown off a four-storey building, leading to her death, in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur, police said.

The incident took place on February 22 after the woman left her home, planning to elope with her boyfriend, who had asked her to meet him at a temple on the promise of marriage, police added. Instead, he allegedly took her to a secluded spot, sexually assaulted her, and later abandoned her near a bus stand.

While the victim was waiting at the bus stand, another man, a Jharkhand native on a bike, approached her and offered help. However, he allegedly took her to the rooftop of his rented accommodation in Paradip town, where he raped her again, senior police officer Ankit Kumar Verma told news agency PTI.

“The accused then pushed her off the roof of the building, resulting in her death. Her body was recovered the next morning,” the officer added.

The victim’s brother had filed a missing person complaint on the evening of February 22 after she failed to return home. An unnatural death case was registered on February 23 following the recovery of the body.

Subsequently, on February 25, the brother lodged another complaint alleging that his sister had been raped and murdered, after which a detailed investigation was launched.