Jharkhand: Man arrested for raping, murdering 5-year-old girl
(Sourced from PTI)
A man has been arrested for allegedly raping and murdering a five-year-old girl in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. The accused was the neighbor of the victim and also the friend of her elder brother. The 21-year-old man took the girl to a marriage party in the neighborhood with the permission of her parents on Saturday but he returned home an hour later without the girl.
The body of the girl was recovered at a distance from her home in Munidih police outpost jurisdiction on Sunday, police said. The accused was arrested within two hours after the incident was brought to the notice of the police and he was remanded to judicial custody yesterday, added police. The victim's father registered a case after they failed to trace the girl.
After committing the crime, the 21-year-old man had hidden the body but the police recovered it on the basis of leads provided by him, the police said.
