In a bizarre case, a 13-year-old rape survivor has been detained and sent to a juvenile home for allegedly murdering a 45-year-old man who blackmailed and repeatedly raped her for months.?
The incident was confirmed by police in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Tuesday.?
A report in Hindustan Times claims the girl, a Class 10 student, strangled the man on May 17 while he was drunk. His body was discovered the following day.?The man's family initially assumed it was a case of natural death. The body was sent for a post-mortem test after officers noticed some marks around the neck.?
During a later investigation of the crime scene, the police recovered a torn piece of cloth that led them to the girl.
"She was taken into confidence, following which she confessed to the crime. She narrated the story of how she was being blackmailed and raped by him and others for the last six-seven months", said the SHO.
Singh added,?"The girl said she could not bear the torture anymore and decided to end her ordeal. She plotted the murder on May 17 when he asked her to meet him that night. She went near his house around midnight, where he was present. He was under the influence of alcohol. As soon as he grabbed her, she strangled him with a piece of cloth."
The deceased was a married man with two 20-year-old children.?The remaining four have been charged with gang rape under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, as per the SHO. All other accused in this case are still to be nabbed.
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