Dumka: A 14 year old girl was found hanging from a tree in Jharkhand’s Dumka early Friday morning, police said on Saturday.
According to sources, the girl used to live with her aunt in Dumka, where she got into a relationship with Ansari. She was pregnant, they added. When she asked Ansari to marry her, he killed her, the sources said.
The minor’s mother alleged that her daughter was raped, killed and hanged from the tree in an area under Mufassil police station on Friday. “The accused, identified as Arman Ansari, has been arrested. He works as a construction worker,” Superintendent of Police Ambar Lakra told reporters.
Ansari has been charged under IPC sections 376 (rape), 302 (murder) and provisions of the SC/ST Act and POCSO Act.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren expressed his anguish over the incident. “I am deeply saddened by the incident in Dumka. The accused has been arrested. I have directed the Dumka Police to take strict legal steps to ensure justice (to the victim’s family). May God give peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this critical time,” Soren tweeted.
The incident followed an incident on August 23, when a man identified as Shahrukh allegedly poured petrol on a 16-year-old girl from outside the window of her room when she was sleeping and set her on fire. The teenager, who reportedly had spurned his advances, succumbed to her injuries on August 28.
On August 28, a 15-year-old tribal girl was raped allegedly by a 26-year-old man after barging into her house in Ranchi.
The accused in both cases were arrested.