19-Year-Old Girl Raped In Karnataka

Police arrested the 3 accused…

On Thursday, a 19-year-old girl belonging to the Scheduled Caste community in Karnataka's Bidar district got raped and murdered, an official said. Three persons were arrested.

Bidar Superintendent of Police Pradeep Gunti said that a case under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been logged along with rape and murder charges in it.

"Of the three accused, one belongs to the same village (as that of the girl). The other two are from a neighboring village.

All three accused are arrested, and legal action is taken against them," the police officer said.

He added that the incident happened in the Basavakalyan taluk.

The victim's parents tried to trace her for two days. On August 31, they filed a complaint with the police. The body was eventually found in a bush on September 1.

A deep head injury mark was spotted on her head. Following the recovery of the body, the police registered a murder case.

Rape charges were added to the case after the postmortem and forensic tests.

The police had launched a search for the accused and managed to catch them.

Several groups, organizations, and the opposition BJP in Karnataka condemned the incident and staged a protest demanding justice for the victim and her family.

Further investigation into the case is going on, a police officer said.