TELUK INTAN: Police have nabbed the suspected rapist and murderer of schoolgirl M. Divya Barathi, whose body was found in a drain near an oil palm estate here last month.
The 28-year-old lorry driver admitted to the attack on the girl after he was arrested in connection with another case last week, said Hilir Perak deputy OCPD Supt Mohd Zaki Harun.
“The suspect was caught by hotel employees when he tried to slash the throat of a customer during a robbery.
“When interrogated, he admitted to the rape and murder of Divya Barathi,” said Supt Mohd Zaki.
The suspect is being remanded until today.
On Oct 16, the naked body of the 16-year-old Fourth Former of SM Horley Methodist here was found in a drain near the Ladang Rubana oil palm estate.
Since then, nine people had been picked up for questioning but police were unable to link them to the rape or murder.
Her father K. Murali, 43, had told police that he last saw his daughter getting off a bus and walking into the estate where they live when returning home from a tuition class in town.
Source: The Star Online
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