Another grizzly act of rape involving a minor has been reported from the Communist state of Kerala after police on Monday (July 5) arrested yet another member of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) which is the youth wing of the ruling CPI(M).
As per reports, Arjun (22) a worker of the Communist party and resident of the Idukki district, repeatedly sexually abused the girl for three years before raping and killing her.
The body of the minor girl was found hanging in a room at her parents’ quarters. Comrade Arjun who had reportedly been doing a lot of social work in his region and as a volunteer during the pandemic is now under bars for his monstrous act.
A police officer said, “The incident, which occurred on June 30, was reported as an accidental death. We were told that a shawl accidentally got tied around her neck while she was playing. The parents were away at work. However, the postmortem revealed that the girl had been subjected to sexual abuse over a long period, which made police look into the murder angle.”
Quoting the youth, the police officer said, “The girl fell unconscious during the assault and the assailant feared she may have died. Subsequently, he hanged her in the room using her shawl.”
The rape and murder of this minor girl by this communist took place on June 30 when the accused sneaked into the house of the minor. It has also been reported that comrade Arjun later panicked after the incident and spread the rumour of the minor death as accidental.
However, his lies were busted after an autopsy report conclusively proved that the alleged rapist and murder was a longtime tormentor of this minor girl and further investigation led to the arrest of four suspects.
Recently the Kerala Police booked two CPM leaders PP Baburaj and TP Lijeesh for sexually assaulting and blackmailing a female party worker and more and more instances of sexual abuse and sexual harassment are emerging in the state.
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