MACHILIPATNAM: A class V student was allegedly raped and murdered on the outskirts of Machilipatnam town late on Tuesday night. The incident came to light on Wednesday after the lone suspect confessed to his crime.
Town CI Subramanyam said the 12-year-old girl was strangled with her chunni by the accused, Bharanam Panduranga Rao, after forcing himself on the hapless girl near a oil palm plantation. "He lured the girl by offering her fruits. He took her to a secluded placed and raped her. Fearing that she would inform her parents, he tied the chunni around her neck and pulled it tight. The girl was choked to death," a police official said.
The girl and the accused hail from Navin Mittal colony in the town. The girl went to the outskirts along with a herd of goats when Rao committed the crime. Sources said he quietly left the place along with the goat brought by the girl. After searching for his daughter till late in the night, father Kumar approached the police and lodged a complaint. Parents of the girl are vendors of steel utensils in the town.
Following inputs provided by the parents and locals, cops picked up Rao in the early hours and enquired about the girl's whereabouts. Initially, he feigned ignorance. But after six hours of interrogation, he confessed to his crime. The girl's body was recovered from the bushed and sent for an autopsy.
Source: Times of India
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