Villagers protest over rape-murder of 5-year-old
Hundreds of villagers, primarily women, blocked the road connecting Falakata in Alipurduar district today to protest the alleged rape and murder of a five-year-old girl.
The Udupi police have formed four special teams to crack the murder of a woman who had just returned from Dubai recently.
The murder which took place in a private apartment in Kumbragodu near Bramhavar had shocked the coastal town.
Vishala Ganiga, 35, was strangulated with a wire on July 12. Vishala had returned on June 30 from Dubai with her daughter. She was staying at her parents’ place in Udupi.
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On the fateful day last week, Vishala had told her parents that she would visit their apartment in Brahmavar and return after finishing some work at a bank.
The incident had come to light when her father went to check the apartment after his daughter did not return home.
It is suspected that the murder took place over a financial matter.
Police have taken the CCTV footage into custody. Her gold ornaments and cash were found missing from the apartment.
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