Rayagada: Evildoers Burn Books of Class 10 Student

Reporters Today, Rayagada: Police have launched a hunt for three evildoers for burning the books of a girl student of class 10 at JK Pur village near Chandili in Rayagada yesterday.

Father of the girl student, Sanjay Prasad, told newsmen today that the evildoers barged into their house around 7 pm when he and his wife had gone to the market. They then set fire to his daughter Palak’s  books and other study materials and also damaged the trophies she had won.

“The evildoers also threatened my daughter to skip the ICSE board examination and leave Odisha,” he added.

Sanjay suspected that the incident could be the handiwork of some school teachers, “Some of my daughter’s teachers had been forcing her for tuition for the past two years. But as my daughter refused, they might have engaged the evildoers to commit such an act,” he said, adding: “The annual ICSE board examination will begin next month, but my daughter is shattered,”

Rayagada additional SP, Ram Prasad Sahu, said a case has been registered based on the complaint filed by the student’s family. “Investigation is on to ascertain the exact motive behind the incident and the evildoers will be arrested very soon, he added.