The 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by two men. (Representative)
Bhopal:
The Madhya Pradesh government decided on Tuesday to hand over the IWC’s investigation into the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Manuabhan Tekri over a year ago, an official said.
The incident took place on April 30, 2019 in Manuabhan Tekri under the Koh-e-Fiza police station area of the state capital, the public relations department official said.
While deciding to turn the investigation over to the CBI, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said those convicted of crimes against girls would receive severe penalties, the official said.
The mother of the victims has long been calling for a CBI investigation, an Interior Ministry official said.
The 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by two men. Police suspect that the girl’s teenage aunt knew the accused and was involved in aiding and abetting the crime.
The victim was visiting a temple with her 16-year-old aunt when the accused approached her, police said.
The men took the girl to a nearby isolated location, where they raped her and then smashed her head with stones, they said.
Her aunt was not there when she was taken away by the duo, police said.
The next day, the victim’s family filed a complaint with the police and the two men – who lived in the same neighborhood as the girl – were arrested, they said.
The girl’s aunt was also taken into custody, police added.
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