Minor girl killed after raping by rice mill worker in Peddapalli

According to police, a native of Uttar Pradesh, the accused Balram is working as a driver in Maitha rice mill. Victim’s parents are working in the adjacent Mamatha rice mill.

Peddapalli: In a heart breaking incident, a six year-old girl was raped and murdered allegedly by a rice mill worker near Katnapalli of Sultanabad mandal late on Thursday night. According to police, a native of Gurnarayanapur, Vishali district of Bihar state, the accused Vinod Majji alias Rajkumar was working as a hamali in a rice mill and staying in a shed in rice mill premises.

The victim’s parents, who are working in another rice mill, were staying beside the accused’s room. Vinod came out of his room as the power supply was disconnected. He found the girl sleeping along with her parents in front of their room. Taking it as an advantage, he took the girl behind rice mill and raped her. Later, he throttled the girl to death.

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The visual of Vinod carrying the girl on his shoulders was recorded on a CCTV camera fixed in the rice mill premises.

As the girl was not found when they woke up in the night, parents searched for the girl and found dead body behind the rice mill. Based on the complaint lodged by the parents, Sultanabad police registered the case and arrested the accused.

Enraged over the incident, activities of various political parties and women staged rasta roko on Rajiv Rahadari in Sultanabad town demanding serious action against the accused and justice to the family members of the victim.

Natives of Dahegaon of Asifabad district, the victim’s parents migrated to Katnapalli to work in rice mill. The couple has two daughters and the victim is an older one.