Nun rape case: One more arrested, total reaches 14

Police on Saturday arrested one more person for his alleged involvement in the rape of a nun during the Kandhamal violence, last year.

The crime branch sleuths, according to sources, arrested Gobinda Pujari from K Nuagaon near Baliguda in Kandhamal district on March 21.

Of the 30 persons on whom case has been registered, the police so far have arrested 14 and efforts are in progress to nab the other 16.

The 29-year-old Catholic nun was raped on August 25 2008 by an angry mob of Hindu extremists who were avenging the murder of a local VHP leader. Shockingly, the victim was allegedly paraded naked even as the police stood idle supporting the Hindu activists.

According to a senior police officer, total 630 people were arrested after violence rocked the Kandhamal district.