TNN | Jan 19, 2013, 02.00 AM IST
JAIPUR: An eight-year-old girl was raped and then stoned to death inRajsamand town on Thursday evening. The man, a vehicle lifter who lives in the victim's neighbourhood was arrested a few hours after her body was recovered from a pit. The accused had lured the girl to go with him after offering her chocolate.
According to the police, the victim, a mentally unstable girl, was the daughter of a vegetable-vendor living in the housing board colony in the town. SP, Rajsamand Rahul Katkey told TOI that Manoj Pratap Singh is a resident of Uttar Pradesh and lived in a rented accommodation in the same colony.
"Singh has a criminal record. He had been chargesheeted for vehicle lifting a few months ago. On Thursday evening, the girl was sitting near her father's vegetable cart alone as he had gone somewhere leaving the child alone," said the officer.
The accused came to her and offered her chocolate, the officer said adding that Singh told her that he would give her more if she went with with him.
"Singh took her to an isolated place in Dhondara area and raped her. He then hit her on the head with a stone and dumped her body into a pit in Kamal Talai area. Some passers-by spotted the body and informed the police," said the officer.
The police arrested the accused on the basis of statements of some eye-witnesses who had seen the girl with Singh. "The postmortem has proved that the girl was raped. The brutality involved in the crime is quite shocking. We will file the chargesheet against the culprit as soon as possible and make the case strong with evidence," said SP Katkey.
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According to the police, the victim, a mentally unstable girl, was the daughter of a vegetable-vendor living in the housing board colony in the town. SP, Rajsamand Rahul Katkey told TOI that Manoj Pratap Singh is a resident of Uttar Pradesh and lived in a rented accommodation in the same colony.
"Singh has a criminal record. He had been chargesheeted for vehicle lifting a few months ago. On Thursday evening, the girl was sitting near her father's vegetable cart alone as he had gone somewhere leaving the child alone," said the officer.
The accused came to her and offered her chocolate, the officer said adding that Singh told her that he would give her more if she went with with him.
"Singh took her to an isolated place in Dhondara area and raped her. He then hit her on the head with a stone and dumped her body into a pit in Kamal Talai area. Some passers-by spotted the body and informed the police," said the officer.
The police arrested the accused on the basis of statements of some eye-witnesses who had seen the girl with Singh. "The postmortem has proved that the girl was raped. The brutality involved in the crime is quite shocking. We will file the chargesheet against the culprit as soon as possible and make the case strong with evidence," said SP Katkey.
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