In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped and smashed to death with stones in Korba district of Chhattisgarh. The accused also killed girl's father and his 4-year-old granddaughter, who were along with her, they said.
The incident occurred near Gadhuproda village under Lemru police station area on January 29, but came to light on Tuesday, following which six accused were arrested in this connection, Korba Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena said.
The accused were identified as Santram Majhwar (45), Abdul Jabbar (29), Anil Kumar Sarthi (20), Pardeshi Ram Panika (35), Anand Ram Panika (25) and Uamshankar Yadav (21), all natives of Satrenga village in the district, he said.
"The deceased man, a resident of Barpani village, had been working as a cattle grazer at the house of prime accused Manjhwar since July last year," he said.
As per police report, Manjhwar was going to drop the man, his daughter (16) and granddaughter (4) to their village on his motorcycle on January 29. But on the way, they stopped at Korai village and Manjhwar consumed liquor, following which other accused also joined him, he said.
The accused took the three victims to the foot of a hill surrounded by forest near Gadhuproda, where Manjhwar and another accused allegedly raped the teenage girl.
They accused smashed all the victims with stones and sticks and dumped them in the forest before fleeing from the spot, he said.
"When the deceased man's son lodged their missing report at Lemru police station on Tuesday, police swung into action and rounded up six accused following their interrogation," he said.
Based on the statement of the accused, the police reached the crime spot, where they found the injured rape victim alive and two others dead. She was immediately rushed to a local hospital, but succumbed to her injuries before reaching there, he said.