The chief minister ordered the police to investigate quickly. (Representative)
Chhindwara:
Two men allegedly raped and killed a three-year-old girl in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, police said today. The defendants have been arrested, they added.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered police to expedite the trial in the case and ensure the defendants are sentenced to death, an official statement said.
The girl was playing outside her house on July 17 when she was kidnapped, said Additional Police Commissioner Shashank Garg.
His body was found in a lake three days later. The autopsy revealed that she had been raped, the official said.
“After an investigation, we arrested Ritesh Singh Dhurve, 22, and Dhanpal, 21 on Tuesday. The duo confessed to the crime,” Garg said.
One of the accused allegedly lured the girl by giving her 10 rupees and took her to his home where the two men raped her. The accused then killed her, stuffed the body in a plastic bag and threw it in Chhota Mahadev’s tank, the police official said.
The chief minister ordered the director general of police to conduct a thorough and prompt investigation into the incident, the official statement said.
