72-year-old gets 10 year jail for sexually assaulting disabled girl

A 72-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a local court for sexually assaulting a differently-abled girl more than five years ago. Aditional District Judge, Balasore, Ajanta Sadangi also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Sasikanta Jena of Jaleswar area on Wednesday.

The girl was sexually assaulted by Jena for a couple of months but she kept silent out of fear. However, her mother, who came to know about it later, lodged a complaint in Kamarda police station on September 28, 2014.

Jena was then arrested and put on trial.