Man arrested for raping, murdering minor in Telangana: Police

Police said that the accused was apprehended on Wednesday on credible information. (Representative)

Hyderabad:

A 20-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping and killing a Class 10 student in a village in Vikarabad district.

Some locals found the body of a 16-year-old girl with a head injury on the outskirts of Angadichittampally village on January 28 and a case of rape and murder was registered.

During the investigation, the police said that it was found that the main accused in the case was the neighbor of the girl, who followed her in the name of love and convinced her that he would marry her and used to chat with her on her mobile phone, but she Wanted to satisfy sexual desire.

The accused managed to convince the girl with the intention of fulfilling his sexual desires and asked her to come to the outskirts of the village for some discussion and she left her house in the early hours of January 28 and accompanied the accused in Vikarabad district. got involved. Superintendent of Police N Koti Reddy said.

After some discussion, the accused forced her to have intercourse, but she turned down his offer, on which he became furious and hit her head with a tree, injuring her forehead and she fell to the ground and She fainted, the police said.

The accused then dragged her for some distance and allegedly raped her and her act led to her death, police said, adding that the accused later tried to make her sit and after futile efforts he got scared and left the scene. ran away.

Police said that later the accused along with his friend went to the spot and mingled with the crowd on the pretext of innocence and meanwhile got scared seeing the police dog and fled from the spot.

However, the accused was apprehended on Wednesday on credible information.

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