The body was found in the forest and the boy was arrested, police said (Representation)
Jashpur:
A five-year-old girl was raped and clubbed to death by her cousin brother, also an underage, in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place on July 24 when the young girl accompanied the defendants to a forest near their village below the Bagicha police station area to graze cattle, an official said.
When the girl did not return home, her relatives started a search for her. They approached the police after failing to locate her, he said.
The accused boy told police he raped the girl and then killed her by smashing her head with a stone. He then threw the victim’s body into a waterfall and returned home, the official said.
The body was found in the forest and the boy was arrested, he said.
The accused was convicted under Articles 376 (Punishment for Rape) and 302 (Punishment for Murder) of the Indian Penal Code and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO), the official said. .
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