Kolkata:
A Class 8 pupil was raped and murdered in Kolkata after she had left dwelling over being scolded by her mom. The cops discovered her physique within the bushes in New City on Friday morning. An e-rickshaw driver who was final noticed with {the teenager} has been arrested.
“The woman is a pupil of Class VIII. She left the home after her mom scolded her for not learning. She left a letter earlier than leaving round 10 pm,” the officer stated, as quoted by information company PTI.
When the woman did not return till the following morning, the household lodged a lacking grievance on the New City Police Station at 4:30 am on Friday.
The Police then reviewed the CCTV footage and located that the woman boarded an e-rickshaw after leaving dwelling. The e-rickshaw driver, 22-year-old Soumitra Roy, drove round with the younger woman earlier than taking her to an remoted place, the place he allegedly assaulted her sexually. When the woman tried to lift an alarm, he allegedly strangled her to loss of life and fled the spot.
The subsequent morning, residents of the Lohar Pul locality of New City observed the physique and knowledgeable the police. A half-naked physique was present in a plot owned by the West Bengal Infrastructure Growth Finance Company.
Trying on the indicators of strangulation on the woman’s neck and scratch marks on her physique, Police imagine “there’s a risk that she was raped earlier than being strangulated to loss of life.”
The autopsy was performed on the state-run RG Kar Medical School and Hospital to determine the reason for loss of life.
The Kolkata Police have discovered no proof of anybody else’s involvement. The accused has additionally confessed to the crime.
Mr Roy’s spouse has revealed that the accused has a legal historical past. He was abusive and dealing with a case for molesting a girl in his hometown Ranaghat, the spouse advised.
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