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Seven-year-old girl raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh's Etah

Seven-year-old girl raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh's Etah

| @indiablooms | 17 Apr 2018, 01:49 pm

Etah, Apr 17 (IBNS): Adding to the series of macabre sexual assaults on minor girls, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by a man in Etah district of  western Uttar Pradesh early Tuesday, media reports said quoying police. .

The latest incident took place amid countrywide  outrage over the rape of minor girls in Unnao and Kathua.

According to  reports, the incident in Etah happened in Sitalpur village, where  the  seven-year-old girl had gone with her family members to attend a marriage ceremony.

Sonu Jatav, who was putting up tents for the marriage cremoney, lured the girl, raped her and subsequently killed her, the reports said quoting Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Chaurasia.

Her body was found abandoned in an underconstruction house, close to the wedding venue. The accused, who fled away after the incident, was later arrested by police.

On April 11, in Etah, a dalit girl charged a man of a particular community for allegedly raping her by offering a sedated food.

On March 17, a third-year-old law student of Agra college, raped and murdered an eight-year-old girl. He left her body in college ground in Agra.

A 14 year-old girl was allegedly raped and burnt to death by her 17 year-old neighbour in Malahpur village of Aligarh on March 3.


 

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