Karimganj (Assam), [India], April 9 (ANI): In a bizarre incident, a man has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl's corpse at the mortuary of a government-run hospital in Assam's Karimganj district, police said.

According to police, the accused has been identified as Manju Rabi Das, who worked as a sweeper at Karimganj Civil Hospital.

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Partha Pratim Das, Superintendent of Police of Karimganj District, said that an unnatural death case of a minor girl was reported from the Bazaricherra area in Karimganj district.

"The body was kept at the mortuary of Karimganj Civil Hospital to conduct a post-mortem the next day. When doctors came to the mortuary for a post-mortem, they found some injury marks in her body and informed us, which was completely opposite from the report of the executive magistrate," Partha Pratim Das said.

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"During further inquiry, we apprehended the duty sweeper named Anju Rabi Das and he confessed that he committed sexual activities with the dead body. Accordingly, we have registered a case and we sent the dead body to Silchar Medical College and Hospital for further forensic examination," the Superintendant of Police said.

Further investigation into the matter is underway. (ANI)

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