Two men sentenced to death for raping, killing 5-year-old girl in West Bengal

June 28, 2023 22:31

Two men were sentenced to death by a special court in West Bengal's Jhargram district on Wednesday for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl.

Judge Chinmay Chattopadhyay of the special POCSO court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the two convicts.

The girl went missing from her home in Nayagram police station area on November 4, 2021, following which her family lodged a police complaint, Special Public Prosecutor Subhasish Dwivedi said.

During the course of the investigation, the police arrested her neighbouring, who led him to the other accused.

During interrogation, they pointed the investigators to the body of the girl, who was buried in a paddy field. The post-mortem examination confirmed that the girl was raped and then killed, Dwivedi said. -- PTI

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