Horrific! 12 year old girl raped and hanged from tree in Assam

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: March 2, 2020 12:47 IST2020-03-02T12:46:18+5:302020-03-02T12:47:29+5:30

Seven boys, who appeared for their class 10 board examinations, were apprehended for allegedly raping and killing a 12-year-old ...

Horrific! 12 year old girl raped and hanged from tree in Assam | Horrific! 12 year old girl raped and hanged from tree in Assam

Horrific! 12 year old girl raped and hanged from tree in Assam

Seven boys, who appeared for their class 10 board examinations, were apprehended for allegedly raping and killing a 12-year-old girl in Assam's Biswanath district, police said.
The girl was hanged from a tree after the crime that occurred on Friday in Chakla village under the jurisdiction of Gohpur police station, police said on Sunday.

A senior police officer said that the culprits, all of them High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examinees, were caught by a police team on Sunday.

After an examination, the accused had called the victim to a house on the pretext of organising a party and raped her, the officer said.

It is suspected that the girl was raped on Friday night and then hanged from a tree in a forest near the house, the senior police officer said.

The body was found on Saturday.

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