Fifteen people were arrested in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Saturday in connection with the brutal rape and subsequent burning of the 16 year old girl. Dhanu Bhuiyan who is the main accused along with 14 others have already been arrested while the search is ongoing for 5 others who may have had a hand in the incident. Jharkhand’s IGP Shaambhu Thakur visited the place to oversee the investigation.
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The victim was allegedly kidnapped and brutally raped on Thursday while attending a wedding ceremony with her parents. She was then sent back to her place in Rajkenua village in the eastern Jharkhand district. The next day, the matter was taken to the village panchayat and a penalty of 50000 along with 100 sit ups were imposed on the accused .The accused were angry with the decision and later they rushed to the girl’s house, beat the family members , poured kerosene over her and set her on fire .
The state government has announced a sum of 2 lakhs to the victims family while Rs 1 lakh was paid as an immediate relief. A senior police officer said that the issue was of compoundable nature and the panchayat should not have taken a decision on its own. Some sources say that the victim and the girl knew each other before. Jharkhand’s State Women’s Commission chairperson Kalyani Sharan has asked the DGP to speed up the procedure, get the trial as early as possible and ensure that the culprits are punished as early as possible. Congress organised a protest march which was attended by a large number of school and college students.
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