GUJ LABOURER HELD FOR RAPING MINOR GIRLS, KILLING ONE IN GANDHINAGAR

AHMEDABAD: Gandhinagar district police in Gujarat on Monday arrested a 26-year-old labourer for allegedly raping three minor girls, aged between 3 and 7 years, and killing one of them within ten days, officials said.

The accused, Vijay Thakor, sexually assaulted his latest victim, a three-year-old girl, after killing her. He then dumped her body into a culvert, said Inspector General of Police (Gandhinagar range) Abhay Chudasama.

“The accused is married with a daughter. He has a perverted mentality, maybe due to his habit of watching porn. Till now, he has confessed to having raped three minor girls aged 3, 5, and 7 years and killing one of them. He has been remanded in police custody till November 11 for further investigation,” the IGP told reporters in Gandhinagar.

Santej police in the Gandhinagar district had received a complaint from a woman labourer living near Rancharda village alleging that an unidentified man abducted her fiveyear-old daughter on November 4 and left her at a secluded place on the same day.

The girl’s medical check-up confirmed that she was raped, Chudasama said, adding that the Santej industrial area has several settlements of non-Gujarati industrial workers.

Two days later, Santej police received another complaint stating that a 3-year-old girl had been abducted on the night of November 5 from a makeshift shanty near Khatraj crossroads. After scanning CCTV footages and collecting information from locals, police zeroed in on Thakor, a casual labourer from Vansjada village in Kalol taluka, said Chudasama.

POLICE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A WOMAN LABOURER LIVING NEAR RANCHARDA VILLAGE ALLEGING A UNIDENTIFIED MAN ABDUCTED HER FIVE-YEAROLD GIRL