Jalgaon minor raped & killed, body dumped in barn; 19-year-old boy nabbed


Jalgaon, Aug 4 (IANS): An 8-year-old girl was allegedly raped, murdered and then dumped into a barn by a 19-year-old neighbourhood boy, officials said here on Friday.

The incident -- which took place on July 30 -- came to light this week and hundreds of shocked citizens on Friday trooped out in a silent procession in protest against the crime.

Taking strong note of the incident, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde called up the victim girl’s family and consoled them while assuring that the culprit would not be spared.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, making a statement in the Assembly this morning said that the accused -- Swapnil V. Patil, alias Sonya, of Gondgaon village -- has been arrested and he would be liable for stringent punishment.

According to Police, on July 30 afternoon, the girl was alone at her home when the accused lured her to a nearby shed reportedly owned by him.

Taking advantage of the situation, Swapnil allegedly forced himself upon her ignoring her cries, protests and threats to “inform her family”.

Panicking, he grabbed a stone nearby and smashed her at least twice on the face and head, and the profusely bleeding girl succumbed soon afterwards in the shed.

Swapnil then hid her body under a haystack there and decamped from the scene, even as her family and neighbours launched a massive search for her, and later lodged a ‘missing’ complaint with the Bhadgaon Police.

A couple of days later, some villagers complained of a stench emanating from the barn, and when they searched it, stumbled across the girl’s decomposing body there and summoned the police.

The victim’s parents identified her body and along with other villagers staged a sit-in protest demanding arrest of the culprit and strong action.

Swinging into action, police finally caught Swapnil on August 3 (Thursday) from his village, and the matter was raised in the legislature on Friday.

According to police and the government, the accused has confessed to his heinous deeds, after which he was arrested.

Besides the police, the local Crime Branch and forensic experts have launched investigation into the shocking case.

 

  

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  • Abraham, Jerusalem, Israel

    Fri, Aug 04 2023

    Six glorious epochs of Indian history is a learning experience which covers the period of Muslim invasions in India and brave retaliation by the natives. No less was the struggle of Indian manes against British rule and for freedom and liberation of the mother country. The authors tribute to the martyrs and his letters to dear ones from andamans, Miscellaneous statements and writings are also included in this book. The first four epochs are covered in only hundred plus pages while the last two epochs span almost four hundred plus pages, signifying the importance that the author gave to this period. So far we have been given The picture of British rule, the history and politics in India by foreign and leftist writers, but in this book Veer Savarkar makes us look at the country history and politics from the Bharatiya perspective. Not only does he analyse the mistakes committed by Hindus since the time of Alexander invasion till the British rule, he tries to enlighten our minds with the prevalent situation in his time.

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  • Rolf, Dubai

    Fri, Aug 04 2023

    Settlers are not chosen people used as slave to protect the master .

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Fri, Aug 04 2023

    Give Death Sentence & we will see the Consequence ...

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  • Rolf, Dubai

    Fri, Aug 04 2023

    The Rapist Just followed the teaching of Hindutva propounder Savarkar justified rape as a legitimate political tool. This he did by reconfiguring the idea of “Hindu virtue” in his book Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History

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