A 58-year-old woman was raped and killed using a sickle in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, by a 16-year-old juvenile.
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The police and forensic platoon reached the spot, and it was observed that the woman had been severely beaten by an unidentified person.
Case Details
A 16- time-old boy allegedly ravished a 58- time-old woman and boggled her by gagging and hitting her severely in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa quarter, a crime suspected to be the fallout of a mobile phone theft two times ago, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on the night of January 30 in Kailashpuri village under the Hanumana police station’s limits.
The boy allegedly stuffed a plastic bag and a cloth into her mouth, dragged her to an under-construction part of the structure where she abided, hit on her head and other body parts with a sickle, and also caused injuries to her private part with a stick, a functionary said.
The woman’s family had indicted the boy of stealing a mobile phone two times agone and the boy wanted to take vengeance for it, he said. Supervisor of Police( ASP) Vivek Lal said a piece of information was received on February 1 that the body of a 58- time-old woman was lying at an under-construction structure.
The police and forensic platoon reached the spot and it was set up the woman was severely boggled by an unidentified person, he said. On the base of tip-offs from snitches and the disquisition, the police zeroed- in on the boy living in her neighborhood.
The woman’s family members also expressed doubts about the boy, who used to come to their house to watch TV two times back, the functionary said. The previous dispute between her family and the boy led to hostility between them, the police said.
Cause of the Crime
The boy wanted to take vengeance because of the embarrassment he faced in the village following the theft charge, the functionary said. On January 30, when the victim’s son and husband were out of the station, the boy entered her house. He allegedly overpowered the woman sleeping in a hut, and when she tried to scream, he stuffed a polythene bag and a cloth into her mouth, the police said.
He also tied a plastic bag on her face using a rope and line and dragged her to an under-construction part of the structure, Lal said. After tying her to a door, the boy allegedly hit the woman constantly and assaulted her when she came motionless after being suffocated, the investigation team said. He also hit on the victim’s head, hands, throat, and casket with a sickle and caused injuries to her private corridor with a stick, Lal said.
The boy later fled after taking away Rs. 1000 in cash and jewelry kept in the woman’s house, he said. “After being detained, the boy admitted to the crime during interrogation,” the official said.
The Verdict for the Juvenile:
He was transferred to a juvenile home and a case was registered against him under Indian Penal Code Sections including 302 (murder), 376 (rape), 460 (lurking house trespass or house-breaking by night), 380 (theft), and 201 (causing exposure of substantiation of an offense), the police added.
