Man accused in rape and murder of minor girl sentenced to death in Chandigarh
Chandigarh's Fast Track Special Court on Tuesday sentenced a 41-year-old man to death for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in the city. This is the first case of a death sentence being pronounced for a crime in Chandigarh.The convict, Heera Lal, alias Guddu, was a neighbour of the victim and had raped and murdered the girl by slitting her throat and stabbing her.advertisementThe victim went missing on January 19 and a search was launched following a missing complaint by her family members. Her body was recovered from a heap of garbage near her home in Hallomajra on the intervening nights of January 21 and January 22, 2024.
A post-mortem report revealed that she was raped and murdered. Following this, an investigation was launched and the girl's slippers were recovered from a neighbouring house, whose resident, Hira Lal, was missing.Police identified the accused from CCTV footage and he was arrested in Bihar after seven days.According to police, the accused had come to Chandigarh from Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh and was living in the victim's neighbourhood. A chargesheet was filed against the accused after further investigations revealed that he was behind the rape and murder.The court framed charges against the accused under sections 201, 302, 363, 366, 376, 376(3), 376 AB and 511 and section 6 of the POCSO Act and the court convicted the accused on the basis of DNA reports and other evidence.Must Watch
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