Motorcyclists crush schoolgirl in Bihar

THE ACCUSED DRAGGED THE 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL BY HER DUPATTA FOR AT LEAST 50 METRES, THEN REVERSED THE BIKE AND RAN OVER HER

BHABUA: A 15-year-old girl on way to write a school exam was killed when three motorcycleborne men chased her, pulled her dupatta, dragged her a distance and ran her over as she lay injured in a Bihar village on Tuesday.

A student of Class 10, Sudha Kumari was walking to school with three classmates when the men started following her on the bike, police said. One of them pulled at her dupatta but it got entangled around her neck, virtually turning it into a noose that choked her. Kumari, a resident of Fakarabad in Bhabua district, fell but the men dragged her for at least 50 metres before letting go.

As she lay motionless, they allegedly reversed the bike and drove over the wounded teenager, killing her.

A case of molestation was registered against the men who abandoned the motorcycle and fled as villagers rushed to the spot hearing the cries of Kumari’s classmates. Angry villagers kept the body on the main road and blocked traffic for some time, demanding the arrest of the men who are on the run.

Kumari’s brother lodged an FIR against one Krishna Kumar Gond and his two associates, who were not identified. Two police teams were looking for the men, assistant superintendent of police Jagunnath J Raddy said.