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.
A murder accused was found hanging dead in the lockup of a police station in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday morning.
Senior police officials suspended the police station Inspector and two other cops in connection with the incident.
According to police officials, the 31-year-old murder accused, Balkrishna Jatav alias Sunny, was found hanging by a cloth tied from the ventilator of the lockup inside the Civil Lines police station at around 5.30 AM.
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He had been arrested on Saturday on charges of allegedly murdering his brother-in-law.
Morena SP Sameer Saurabh rushed to the police station on getting information. The SP suspended Station Inspector Rambabu Yadav, a Head Constable and a Constable of the police station in connection with the incident.
According to ASP Arvind Thakur, the police surmise that Jatav committed suicide but the reason was not yet known and further investigations were on.
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