Assam: Girl Raped And Killed In Hojai District

Nagaon: A class 10 student girl has been allegedly raped and killed in Assam's Hojai district, Police said on Tuesday.

As per reports, the girl had gone missing since Monday evening after she went to her tuition class in her hometown Lumding.

"The minor's body was found in Krishna Basti area of Lumding on Tuesday. Prima facie, it seems to rape and murder case but the cause of death will be known after post-mortem examination," a senior officer was quoted as saying by PTI.

No arrests have been made so far, he added.

On July 22, Assam Police had apprehended two youths for allegedly raping a minor girl in Assam's Hailakandi district.

The arrested persons were identified as Abdul Hussain and Salim Uddin.

As per reports, the incident took place at Kanchiala village under Ramnathpur police station on July 15.

''Two youths had rapped a minor girl in the forest area of Kanchiala village,'' media reports quoted Gaurav Upadhyay, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Hailakandi district.

''In a bid to arrest him we conducted several raids and eventually on Wednesday night (July 20), we nabbed both the accused who hailed from the victim's village,'' he added.

Following the incident, further investigation was going on into the matter then.

In June, a similar incident was reported in Assam's Hojai district, where two persons allegedly raped a minor girl.

Following the incident, Assam police nabbed the two accused.

In another incident on July 12, a 27-year-old man in Assam was sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly raping a minor girl. The accused was convicted under section 42 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The man identified as Debesh Biswas raped a 10-year-old girl in January 2020. The convict molested the minor when she was on the terrace of her house.

Biswas was fined Rs 1 lakh. Biswas is a resident of Ward No 12 of Dhubri town.

On January 19, 2020, the mother of the victim lodged an FIR at the Dhubri police station.

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