Jhansi, April 6:  An eight-year-old Dalit girl succumbed to her death after being battered with a wooden club when she resisted an attempt to rape by a 28-year-old man in Jhansi city on Saturday.

 

According to reports, around 6:30 am on Saturday, the minor girl left her house to fetch milk. When she didn’t return home for a considerable time, her family members set out to search for her. But instead, hours later, her blood-soaked body, wrapped in a cloth, was found at a vacant plot.

 

According to the report, the eight-year-old Dalit girl’s body revealed signs of the brutal battering she suffered by the killer who murdered after she resisted his attempt to rape her. The accused hit the girl several times with a wooden club and then with a stone. Both the murder weapons have been recovered by police.

 

Investigations revealed the involvement of a laborer with the help of the victim's father statement. "Within hours of the investigation and deposition of the victim's father, it was established that the main accused is Sandeep Jain, who had fled the place by that time. His brother Hero, who was the caretaker of market place, was questioned to get some clues about the whereabouts of the accused.

 

Hero told the police that he had been working here for a long time and lived in a room in the backyard of the market place. Police took swift action and arrested the accused from Tikamgarh in the neighboring state of Madhya Pradesh where he had fled.

 

Rajesh Singh, who is investigating officer of the case, told Life News that the accused confessed that he tried to rape the girl. During interrogation, he told police that he lured the minor girl into her room with the intention of sexually assaulting her. When she protested and sounded the alarm, he beat her badly with a wooden stick. He also hit her with a stone. She suffered severe injuries that led to his death. After this, he wraps her body in a cloth and throws her into the plot.

 

The police have added the charges of attempt to rape and Section 5/6 of the POCSO Act in the FIR. The accused has been sent to jail. On Saturday morning, the body of the eight-year-old Dalit girl was found wrapped in a cloth soaked in blood in a vacant plot in Karguajee area of the city. The police have booked him under Sections 302 (murder), 201 of IPC and also under SC/ST Act. Apart from this, the police have also slapped NSA on him.