Bhubaneswar, June 6 -- A special team of the Odisha police on Saturday arrested the prime accused in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi in connection with alleged trafficking and prolonged sexual assault of a 17-year-old tribal girl from Dhenkanal district.

The accused, Chandrapal Kushwaha (22), was arrested following a coordinated multi-state tracking operation and was produced before a local court on Saturday, police said.

A case has been registered under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act, police said.

The girl, belongs to an impoverished tribal family in Dhenkanal's Kankadahada block, and was allegedly sold into captivity two years ago under the pre...