The prime accused in the case of the gang-rape of a 14-year-old girl in Assam’s Nagaon district has died after he escaped police custody and jumped into a pond, an official revealed.
The minor was gang-raped by three people. She was allegedly assaulted and raped while she was on her way back home from tuition on her bicycle on the Dhing area around 8 pm on Thursday.
The body of the accused has been recovered from the pond. Swapnaneel Deka, SP Nagaon said that the accused was taken to the spot where the incident took place for investigation. However, he tried to flee and jumped into a nearby pond. “Our police personnel engaged in a search operation and with the help of the SDRF team we recovered his body from the pond this morning,” he added.
The girl was reportedly raped by three individuals who arrived on a motorcycle and encircled her while she was returning home from tuition on her bicycle in Dhing on Thursday evening. She was left injured and unconscious by the roadside near a pond before being rescued by locals, who subsequently alerted the police. One suspect had been arrested and another detained, while efforts continue to apprehend the third person. On Friday, Director General of Police G.P. Singh reviewed the progress of the investigation.