Six-year-old girl raped and killed in Telangana; accused arrested

Karimnagar: A minor girl was allegedly raped and killed by a rice mill worker in Peddapalli district of Telangana state, police said on Friday.

The accused was arrested under the POCSO Act.

Ramagundam Police Commissioner M. Sreenivasulu said the accused, Balaram (35), a native of Madhya Pradesh, worked as a labourer in a rice mill at Sultanabad in Peddapalli district.

“The accused took the minor girl (6), who was sleeping with her mother in a camp on the rice mill premises in the early hours of today. He raped her and when the girl raised the alarm, he choked her and killed her,” he said.

He added that he was caught by the residents of the area who had gathered there.

The accused was arrested and a case of rape and murder was registered, with relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act also being invoked, he said.

The victim’s body has been sent to a state hospital for an autopsy, the commissioner said.

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