Rohtas man gets death for girl’s rape, murder

SASARAM: A local court on Friday awarded capital punishment to a person for rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Rohtas district on November 14, 2020.
The Poso court of Niraj Bihari Lal also asked the state government to pay Rs8 lakh as compensation to the parents of the deceased under the provision of Compensation Scheme for Women Victim Survivor of Sexual Assault Crime 2019.Altogether 11 witnesses were examined in the case.
The sources said the accused, Balaram Singh under Dalmia Nagar police station area, had brought the neighbourhood girl to his home on the pretext of showing her the statues of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Laxmi and raped her. As he feared of getting caught, Singh killed her brutally and hid her semi-clad body in a box. When the girl did not return home, her family members got suspicious and searched Singh’s residence where the body was found in the box.
Singh was arrested and police submitted chargesheet against him in February this year. On the request of the district administration, the court conducted speedy trial of the case and held Singh guilty. The court described it as the “rarest of rare” case and awarded him capital punishment and fine of Rs50,000.