Chhattisgarh Man rapes and kills teen tries to pass it off as suicide
Korba Mar 27 PTI A teenage girl was allegedly raped and killed by a 23-year-old man in Chhattisgarhs Surajpur district and the latter tried to pass it off as a case of suicide police said on Sunday The incident took place on March 24 and during a probe into it the police on Saturday arrested the man identified as Sabir Ali alias Baba Khan who allegedly strangled the victim to death and then hanged the body from a ceiling fan at her house in Bhatgaon police station limits Surajpur Additional Superintendent of Police Harish Rathore said As per preliminary investigation the victim a Class 12 student appeared for her practical exam on Thursday and then returned home in Surajpur located around 300 km from the state capital Raipur Her mother was in Bilaspur to take care of her ailing father who was admitted in a hospital there while her younger brother had gone out of home to play the official said On finding the victim alone in the house the accused went there He allegedly raped her and then strangled her to death with her scarf The man then hanged the body from a ceiling fan and wrote a note on her hand with a pen to make it appear as a case of suicide the official said Later the victims brother and neighbours found her hanging and informed the police he said Based on the investigation the accused was arrested and booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 murder 376 rape and other relevant provisions the official said The exact age of the deceased is yet to be ascertained and if she is found to be a minor provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act will be included in the case he added On Saturday a large number of people gathered in Jarhi area of Surajpur to pay tributes to the victim and demanded death sentence for the accused PTI COR TKP GK GK
Korba Mar 27 PTI A teenage girl was allegedly raped and killed by a 23-year-old man in Chhattisgarhs Surajpur district and the latter tried to pass it off as a case of suicide police said on Sunday The incident took place on March 24 and during a probe into it the police on Saturday arrested the man identified as Sabir Ali alias Baba Khan who allegedly strangled the victim to death and then hanged the body from a ceiling fan at her house in Bhatgaon police station limits Surajpur Additional Superintendent of Police Harish Rathore said As per preliminary investigation the victim a Class 12 student appeared for her practical exam on Thursday and then returned home in Surajpur located around 300 km from the state capital Raipur Her mother was in Bilaspur to take care of her ailing father who was admitted in a hospital there while her younger brother had gone out of home to play the official said On finding the victim alone in the house the accused went there He allegedly raped her and then strangled her to death with her scarf The man then hanged the body from a ceiling fan and wrote a note on her hand with a pen to make it appear as a case of suicide the official said Later the victims brother and neighbours found her hanging and informed the police he said Based on the investigation the accused was arrested and booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 murder 376 rape and other relevant provisions the official said The exact age of the deceased is yet to be ascertained and if she is found to be a minor provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act will be included in the case he added On Saturday a large number of people gathered in Jarhi area of Surajpur to pay tributes to the victim and demanded death sentence for the accused PTI COR TKP GK GK
