HARYANA AGAIN: 8YROLD KILLED AFTER RAPE
Accused had hid the minor’s body under a pile of clothes in cupboard
Police on Saturday arrested a 22-year-old man for strangulating an eight-year-old girl to death after raping her in Bawal tehsil, around 15km from Rewari.
The accused Sunny Kumar of Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh had hid the body inside a cupboard in his house. The victim was the daughter of a migrant labourer from Madhya Pradesh who used to work at a local factory.
Police said the incident took place on Friday afternoon, when victim’s parents had taken their younger son to a doctor, leaving their daughter behind. The accused lured the girl to his house. He then tied her hands and gagged her before committing the crime.
Sunny during the interrogation revealed that he had watched porn on internet minutes before committing the crime. VINOD KUMAR, Kasola station house officer
Police on Saturday arrested a 22-year-old man for strangulating an eight-year-old girl to death after raping her in Bawal tehsil, around 15km from Rewari.
Her body was recovered from a cupboard at the accused’s house.
The victim was the daughter of a migrant labourer from Madhya Pradesh, who used to work at a local factory.
The accused has been identified as Sunny Kumar of Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh.
Police said the incident took place on Friday afternoon, when victim’s parents had taken their younger son to a doctor, leaving their daughter behind.
The accused on finding the girl alone, lured her to his house. He then tied her hands and gagged her before raping and strangulating her to death, police said.
“The accused, after hiding the minor’s body in an almirah, joined the victim’s parents in their search to find the girl,” said Kasola station house officer (SHO) Vinod Kumar.
“The parents approached us to file a missing complaint and a we soon launched a search operation. The accused even tried to guide us and give directions about where he last saw the girl. However, we found his statements contradictory and felt a need to interrogate him, during which he confessed to his crime. We then searched his house and found the victim’s body hidden under a pile of clothes in an almirah,” the SHO added.
The accused was arrested and produced in a court on Saturday, which sent him to a threeday remand. “Sunny, also a labourer, had about four months ago shifted to this village, where he lived with his sister and brother-in-law. As they had gone to their native village, the accused, for the past few weeks, was living alone,” the SHO said.
“Sunny also revealed during interrogation that he had watched porn on internet minutes before committing the crime,” he added.
The accused has been charged under relevant sections of the IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.