Deoria: Youth held for Dalit girl's murder
Express News Service Posted online: Tue Feb 15 2011, 05:11 hrs
Lucknow : The UP Special Task Force (STF) has arrested the youth who
had killed the 10-year-old Dalit girl, Priyanka. The girl was murdered
after a rape attempt in Salempur area of Deoria district on November
24.
Chief Minister Mayawati had suspended the local Circle Officer (CO)
and the Station Officer (SO) for laxity in investigation after the
victim's sister met her during her visit to the Salempur police
station on February 4. The woman had slapped one of the police
officers when they tried to prevent her visiting the CM. Later,
Mayawati ordered the senior officers to work out the case soon.
STF Deputy Superintendent of Police, S Anand, said Abhishek Kushwaha
(20), who was held from outside Salempur railway station, confessed to
attempting to rape the girl in a field. He had assaulted her, causing
head injuries and strangled her when she screamed for help.
Anand said the accused, who was inebriated, had left the place,
leaving the girl unconscious. In absence of any medical aid, she died.
Her body was recovered the next evening.
He also said Kushwaha had been called to the local police station and
was interrogated. He was let go then, as the police had no clues to
grill him extensively. Anand said they zeroed in on Kushwaha after
going through the sequence of the events. The day Priyanka was killed,
she had gone to attend a wedding in her village, Virajmaar.
She was accompanied by her father, Ashish, brother Neeraj (8) and
cousins, Annu, Mannu and Sapna (all in the age group of 5-8 years).
Kushwaha had also gone to attend the function. The children told Anand
that they all were leaving for home that night when a youth
accompanied them. While they were walking towards their house, they
saw Priyanka and the youth missing.
The STF official showed 10 photographs of youths who had attended the
wedding and the children put their finger unanimously on Kushwaha's
photo. The accused had gone to West Bengal after the police
interrogated him. But he returned on Sunday and was arrested a day
later.
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