A minor girl in Madhya Pradesh was raped and thrown into a canal earlier this week. The police investigation revealed that a close relative of the minor girl assaulted the girl and killed her by throwing her into the canal. The police have now detained the 17-year-old boy.
A 7-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh, the police said, adding that the accused threw her into a canal, which led to her death, PTI news agency reported. The police on Wednesday (January 28) detained a 17-year-old relative of the minor girl, accused of raping and murdering the girl.
Superintendent of Police Jagdish Dawar told reporters that the body of the child was recovered from the Indira Sagar Canal on January 26, following information from residents of a village in the Rajpur police station area of the district.
He said the post-mortem report concluded severe injuries to the girl's private parts and attributed her death to drowning.
Close Relative of Girl Behind It
Dawar said a 17-year-old boy, a close relative of the girl, has been detained in connection with the rape-murder.
The teenager told the police that he kidnapped the girl from her home on the night of January 25 while her family members were asleep, took her to a nearby canal, and raped her, according to the official.
When the girl started screaming during the sexual assault, the minor boy allegedly threw her into the canal, with the intention of killing her. The child drowned in the water body, the official said.
The detained minor will be produced in a juvenile court.
A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and an investigation is underway, he added.
6-Year-Old Girl Bengaluru Girl Raped, Killed
In another shocking incident, a six-year-old girl was raped and killed earlier this month. The girl was found dead in a drain, the police said. According to the police, the accused was frustrated with the mother of the deceased; therefore, he abducted the girl, raped her, and strangled her to death. However, he was caught during his unsuccessful attempt to flee the city.
The police had recovered the dead body from near a temple in the Nallurahalli area after her father, a ragpicker, filed a missing person complaint at the Whitefield Police Station on Tuesday. During the investigation, the police suspected the involvement of the deceased’s neighbour, Yusuf Khan (35).
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