Police said on Monday that a three-year-old girl died during rape by a neighbour in Jharkhand’s Gumla district. The accused, Bandhan Oraon, 25, is absconding.
According to the police, the minor girl of Kolhutoli village of Gumla district was playing outside her home on Sunday evening and her parents had gone to the market when the incident took place. The victim had gone to Oraon’s house, who was alone then since his wife had gone to the in-laws place to celebrate the tribal festival Karma. As the parents returned at night, Oraon told them that the girl was sleeping at his place. When they took the girl home, they found blood on her clothes. The parents discovered that the bleeding was taking place from the private parts of the girl, and they informed the villagers. The villagers tried to catch hold of Oraon, as a suspect, but he managed to escape. The villagers informed the police on Monday morning. The police have sent the body if the child for post-mortem examination. A three-member doctors’ team conducting the autopsy confirmed that the three year old had been rape. The police have lodged an FIR in this connection and launched a manhunt for the accused.]]>