Two men were arrested for allegedly gang raping and killing a seven-year-old girl in Assam, Tinsukia district, on May 28, police said, adding that the suspects abducted the girl when she was sleeping at her home.
Police said that one of the accused, Raja Karmakar (26), was arrested on May 31 from the Dirak Gate area near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. During the investigation, he later revealed the identity of another person, Shyam Murari (25), a resident of Kehang Tea Estate in Tinsukia, was also involved in the crime.
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"Initially, it looked like only one person was involved, but later, with the medical examinations of the body and the confession by the arrested person, we came to know that this was a gang rape,” said Tinsukia deputy superintendent of police (DSA), Nitisha Jagtap as quoted by HT.
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“We arrested them for rape and murder, and now we have appealed to the court to add the relevant sections of gang rape,” she added.
The minor was sleeping at her home when the suspects entered the house, forcibly took her to a forest area and raped her.
“A woman saw them when they were taking her, and she asked them about it, but they said they were dropping her home. The lady has identified them and helped in the investigation,” police said.
Later, the body of the girl was found near a drain. This triggered a massive protest in the area, and locals demanded strict action against the suspect.
Police said a case was registered under sections 65(2) (raping a woman under sixteen years) and 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act at Borbudi police station and further investigation is underway.
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