JE News Desk: Two minor girls were allegedly raped and one of them succumbed to injuries in Assam's Hailakandi district, reported the news agency PTI. Two people were arrested in connection to the matter, said an official.
Identified as the residents of Barnie Brease tea estate, the two school-going girls were kidnapped by the two men on Tuesday. According to the officer-in-charge of Algapur police station Mrinal Das, the girls were taken to a dense forest in Mohanpur area of the district and then were allegedly raped.
The police stated that a search operation after the father of one of the victims filed a complaint, following which the girls were found to be in serious condition.
The official mentioned that the victims were then taken to the Silchar Medical College Hospital where one of them died on Wednesday.
Two accused have been arrested into the matter.
In yet another incident that took place in Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district, a man was arrested for the alleged rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in the Sonapur area. The accused was identified as Babul Tumung, an autorickshaw driver, who raped a Class 9 student.
According to the reports, the accused, Babul Tumung, allegedly raped and killed the minor girl and dumped her body in the Digaru River in the Sonapur area in Kamrup (Metro) district on June 28. Later, police recovered the body from the river.
Following the incident, police on July 2 arrested the accused person, and during interrogation, he confessed that he had committed the crime.
(With inputs from agencies)