This story is from October 16, 2020

Two get death for gang rape, murder of UP's Hapur girl

Two men convicted of gang-raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in Hapur two years ago were on Thursday handed the death sentence by the court of special judge (Pocso Act) Veena Narayan.
Two get death for gang rape, murder of UP's Hapur girl
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MEERUT: Two men convicted of gang-raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in Hapur two years ago were on Thursday handed the death sentence by the court of special judge (Pocso Act) Veena Narayan.
“Her minor brother was the key witness in the case. The assailants had abandoned him, taking him for dead. Because of the injury to his neck, he could not speak but gave his statement in writing during the initial investigation and in the trial,” special public prosecutor (Pocso court) Harendra Tyagi said.
The convicts, Ankur Teli and Sonu, had been engaged as domestic help at the girl’s house.
On September 9, 2018, the children’s parents were out for work and the girl and her 10-year-old brother were alone. The two gang-raped the girl and when her brother tried to raise an alarm, they slit his throat and left him to die. Then, they killed the girl and hid the body in a fodder godown.
When the father got home, he saw his son lying in a pool of blood. At the hospital, the boy regained consciousness and told his parents what had happened. The girl’s body was later found in the godown. An FIR for murder, gang-rape and attempt to murder under the IPC and relevant sections of the Pocso Act was registered at the Hapur Dehat police station.
"Based on the physical and forensic evidence, 18 witnesses were produced. Additional sections of 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) of the IPC and name of another co-accused Amarjeet alias were added in the investigation. Chargesheet in the case was submitted in court on 28 October, barely a month after the incident," Sarvesh Mishra, additional superintendent of police (Hapur) said in a statement. Amarjeet was acquitted for lack of evidence.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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