Assam
Assam: Police arrest youth for raping and killing 7-year-old minor girl
Guwahati/IBNS: A 27-year-old youth was arrested by police for raping and killing a seven-year-old minor girl in Assam’s Hojai district on Sunday.
The incident took place at Borhola village area in Hojai district.
Police said that yesterday night the victim was present at a marriage party in her village and the accused person took the minor girl to a nearby paddy field.
“During our preliminary investigation, we found that the accused person took the girl to the paddy field and raped and murdered her. We have arrested a person in connection with it and also registered a case,” a police officer said.
The arrested person was identified as Joyprakash Kala and both accused and victim girl are from the same village.
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