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

New Delhi Nov 18 PTI Days after a 32-year-old womans body was found dumped with burn marks on her head and private parts near a CNG pump in Dwarka area a juvenile was apprehended on Thursday in connection with the murder police said The woman was a maid and knew the 17-year-old juvenile since she lived near his locality they said Prima facie the motive behind the murder appears to be a strained relationship between the two police said adding the cause of death will be ascertained through a post-mortem The autopsy report is awaited According to police the incident took place on November 15 The juvenile called the woman to his apartment on the pretext of some work and allegedly killed her He then dumped her body in a canal near the CNG pump to evade arrest police said Deputy Commissioner of Police Dwarka Shankar Choudhary said a PCR call was received last Monday at 6 pm about a female body that was found dumped near a CNG pump in Dabri area She had burn marks on her forehead and private parts The identity of the woman could not be established then We sent teams to check nearby localities and check missing person records to identify her The woman was then identified We then checked CCTV footage and put informers on the ground to ascertain the sequence of events and identify the accused he said Based on technical evidence police on Thursday said the juvenile aged 17 was apprehended for allegedly killing the woman following a fight between them We have recovered the Maruti van that was used to dispose the body and an iron pipe that was used in the offence The juvenile has been apprehended and further investigation is underway he said The accused has been booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 murder and 201 for causing disappearance of evidence of offence police said PTI AMP HDA

Raigarh Aug 25 PTI A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death allegedly by two minors in a government school in Chhattisgarhs Raigarh city police said on Wednesday The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon in the school premises in Rambhatha area under City Kotwali police station limits and police suspect a love affair could be the reason behind it they said without divulging any further details The two accused boys both aged 17 were detained on Tuesday night a police official said The deceased a Class 9 student was in the school premises during the lunch break when the two accused reached there and got into an argument with him the official said Suddenly one of the accused allegedly stabbed the boy in his abdomen with a knife he said Before escaping from the spot the duo also brandished the knife at school staffers he said The victim was immediately rushed to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead the official said The deceaseds sister who also studies in the same school informed police that the two accused had in the past also allegedly thrashed her brother in the school premises After the incident on Tuesday Raigarh Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena immediately constituted four police teams to trace the absconding accused and they were held at night the official said The exact reason behind the attack is yet to be ascertained but preliminary investigation suggests it could have been because of a love affair he said A case was registered against the accused under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 murder and 34 common intention They will be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board later in the day he added PTI COR TKP GK GK