Through PTI
KORBA: A teenage woman was once allegedly raped and killed by way of a 23-year-old guy in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district and the latter attempted to go it off as a case of suicide, police stated on Sunday.
The incident happened on March 24 and all the way through a probe into it, the police on Saturday arrested the person, recognized as Sabir Ali alias Baba Khan, who allegedly strangled the sufferer to dying after which hanged the frame from a ceiling fan at her space in Bhatgaon police station limits, Surajpur Addl SP Harish Rathore stated.
As in line with initial investigation, the sufferer, a Elegance XII scholar, gave the impression for her sensible examination on Thursday after which returned house in Surajpur, positioned round 300 km from the state capital Raipur. Her mom was once in Bilaspur to handle her sick father, who was once admitted in a health facility there, whilst her more youthful brother had long gone out of house to play, the legit stated.
“On discovering the sufferer on my own in the home, the accused went there. He allegedly raped her after which strangled her to dying together with her shawl. The person then hanged the frame from a ceiling fan and wrote a observe on her hand with a pen to make it seem as a case of suicide,” the legit stated.
Later, the sufferer’s brother and neighbours discovered her putting and knowledgeable the police, he stated. In response to the investigation, the accused was once arrested and booked underneath Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (homicide), 376 (rape) and different related provisions, the legit stated.
“The precise age of the deceased is but to be ascertained and if she is located to be a minor, provisions of the Coverage of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act will likely be incorporated within the case,” he added. On Saturday, numerous other people amassed in Jarhi house of Surajpur to pay tributes to the sufferer and demanded dying sentence for the accused.