Nepali Girl Rape and Murder Case in India.
Nine people wanted in connection with gang rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl from Nepal in East Champaran district of Bihar surrendered before a local court on Saturday, however, the police officer accused of complicity in attempts to bury the case is still absconding, said police.
Navin Chand Jha, superintendent of police (SP), East Champaran said all the accused have been sent to judicial custody after they surrendered in the court of sub divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM), Umesh Prasad, at Dhaka in Sikarahana sub division. “The charges against all the accused have been proven to be correct in the course of investigation. We will take further appropriate legal action,” the SP said.
The case was registered on February 2 after the minor girl, staying in a rented house at Kundwa Chainpur in Sikarahana subdivision in East Champaran district was reported to have been gang raped by four men on January 21and later murdered at her accommodation. The accused then allegedly connived with the then station house officer (SHO) Sanjeev Kumar to force the victim’s family to cremate her.
The girl was staying in a rented house with her father who has been working as labor in Bihar, India for last seven years. She was reported to have been gang-raped by four men on January 21 and later murdered. The victim was from Barbardhiya Municipality of Bardiya district of Nepal.
