This story is from August 23, 2018

Girl ‘raped’, killed in Rohtas

Girl ‘raped’, killed in Rohtas
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SASARAM: A dalit girl was allegedly raped and later killed by some unidentified persons near Lodi village under Muffasil police station in Rohtas district on Tuesday. Villagers and family members of the victim girl blocked old- GT road near head post office for many hours on Wednesday morning, demanding immediate arrest and hanging of the accused in the case.
After much persuasion by senior police officers, the agitating villagers allowed the police to take the body for postmortem.
However, Rohtas ASP Rajesh Kumar, after making an on the spot inquiry said there is no sign of rape. However, there are signs of head injury on the body.
Sources said on Tuesday, the victim, a student of intermediate, had gone to a bank at Baida, about 3 km from her village to inquire about her scholarship. But when she did not reach home till evening, her family members started searching for her. Late in the night, her body was found near her village in Barawn canal. The family members alleged that the girl was raped and killed with a heavy object and her body was thrown into the canal.
On August 17, police recovered bodies of two teenage missing girls from a canal under Nokha police station. Nokha PS SHO Mithilesh Kumar said the cause of the death can be ascertained only after the postmortem report comes.
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