Police inaction in the rape of a 21-year-old tribal woman in an area under Chandili police station in this district has sparked concern among locals Monday.

The survivor has lodged a complaint at the Chandili police station, but the police are yet to take any action against the accused.

The matter came to the fore after the survivor lodged a complaint at the joint grievance cell of the District Collector Ashutosh Kulkarni and Rayagada SP Swathy S Kumar Monday, seeking justice.

On being apprised, the Collector directed the police to take up the issue immediately and take action in this regard. Sources said that the woman, a resident of Kolnara block, had gone to graze her herd of goats September 2.

Meanwhile, a youth of the village picked her up to a thatched house and raped her there,

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