A 19-year-old brother has been arrested for allegedly raping his minor sister and then strangulating her to death in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj. The accused, Sanju Kumar watched porn on his mobile phone on the night of February 3 and then raped his 17-year-old sister.
Fearing that she would inform the family members of his misdeed, he strangled his sister to death, quoted news agency IANS as saying police.
After the arrest, the accused during police interrogation revealed the details of his crime.
Patiali Kotwali in charge Inspector Govind Ballabh Sharma said that the uncle of the girl filed a complaint against Kumar on February 4.
“Since then, the police have been searching for the accused. The accused was arrested by the police on Monday evening,” said the police officer, adding that Sanju’s father had died a year ago and he lived with his mother and sister in another house in the village.
“His mother had gone to his uncle’s house on the day of the incident and he was alone in the house with his sister. He watched porn on his mobile and then raped her,” the police officer said.
Police have recovered the mobile from the accused and the porn clips he watched on it. The accused has been sent to jail.
In another unrelated incident, the police arrested a man from Navi Mumbai township in Maharashtra for allegedly raping his 15-year-old niece following which she became pregnant, an official said. The 34-year-old accused, hailing from Nerul in Navi Mumbai, is the maternal uncle of the girl.
He allegedly raped the girl in his house on October 4, 2023, the official from Nerul police station said. The girl later complained of some health issues and she was admitted to a hospital in the Govandi area of neighbouring Mumbai where it came to light that she was pregnant, he said.
The hospital authorities reported it to the Nerul police following which the accused was arrested on Sunday and booked under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official said.
(with inputs from IANS)
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