Relative rapes four-year-old girl, victim’s relatives hold mass protest in village in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Following the arrest of a man accused of raping and killing a four-year-old girl, residents of Magadi and relatives of the victim’s family held a mass protest rally on Tuesday, demanding death penalty for the accused.

The child was allegedly raped and killed by a relative near Old Masjid Mohalla Road in the Magadi Town police station area of ​​Ramana-gara on Saturday.

The accused has been identified as Irfan Khan (34), a daily wage labourer living in Kengeri, Bengaluru. Police said the child’s parents had filed a missing person’s complaint at the police station on Saturday. The child’s half-naked body was found near bushes on Tippagondanahalli Road.

The post-mortem revealed that the child had been raped. After checking CCTV footage, police arrested Khan from Kalasipalya in Bengaluru on Monday night. Khan often visited the girl’s house and lured her out on Saturday on the pretext of buying her ice cream.

He sexually abused her and disposed of the body. When the girl’s mother contacted Khan as she was last seen with him, Khan feigned ignorance and evaded her questions. Khan then switched off his mobile phone.

Based on the complaint filed by the child’s father, the police have registered a case of child abduction and murder under Protection of Children from Sexual Assault (POCSO) and the investigation is on.