Khunti, September 24 (HS). The police has solved this sensational case by arresting three accused of kidnapping and gang-raping a minor tribal girl who was returning home from school after school six days ago in the Murhu police station area of the district last Wednesday. The arrested accused include Marianus Bodra alias Hadam (23) of Boratola Chatradih village under Murhu police station, Sonal Bodra alias Govind (20) of Mantola Chatradih village and Marcus Bodra alias Jamda (19) of Sangetoli Chatradih.
The arrested accused, while admitting their crime before the police, have given necessary information about their other five accomplices involved in this case, on the basis of which the police are trying to arrest all of them. Based on the information provided by the arrested accused, the police have recovered a Honda Shine motorcycle (JH 01Y-6063) used in the incident, mobile phone and the shirt and jeans pant worn by one of the accused at the time of the incident. This information was given by Khunti SDPO Varun Rajak in a press conference held in his office room on Tuesday. The SDPO said that some time before the incident, the motorcycle of the accused broke down on Khunti Chaibasa Road.
The accused were trying to get their motorcycle repaired. During that time, seeing a 16-year-old minor girl returning home alone from school, the intentions of the accused became bad and they caught hold of the girl and forcibly took her to the forest where six accused called their other friends and raped the girl one by one, while two other accused stood there and kept guard. It was told that the accused did not know the victim beforehand. Looking at the seriousness of the incident, the Superintendent of Police formed an SIT under the leadership of Khunti SDPO.
On the basis of deep technical investigation and secret information, the SIT team arrested the accused involved in the incident and when they were questioned, the case was revealed. The SDPO said that the other five absconding accused will also be arrested soon.