India News | 10-yr-old Girl Raped, Killed by Man in J'khand's Palamu

Medininagar, Apr 3 (PTI) A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped and stoned to death by a man in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Tinku Sharma (35) allegedly lured the girl to play a ludo game at his home while she was playing outside her residence on Wednesday, they said.

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"When the girl did not return home by 2 pm on Wednesday, her family lodged a complaint at a town police outpost. Thereafter, they approached the town police station. When we scanned CCTV footage, the man was seen with the girl," said Devvrat Poddar, the town police station in-charge.

As police reached the accused's location, they found local people beating him.

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"We immediately arrested the accused. The body of the victim was also recovered and sent for a postmortem. Prima facie, it appears that the girl was stoned to death after being raped. However, we will reach a final conclusion after receiving the postmortem report," he said.

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