Man in Andhra Pradesh sentenced to death for raping, murdering 7-yr-old girl

A court in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing his relative a sevenyearold girl in July 2021The Judge of the Special POCSO court M A Somasekhar found the accused D Siddaiah guilty under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act and IPC and sentenced him to capital punishmentAlso readED arrests TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale in money laundering caseThe girls body was found in a plastic bag in a drainage canal on the outskirts of Ambavaram village in Giddalur Mandal of the district after she went missing on July 8 2021 The girls parents subsequently lodged a complaint with police and a case was registered under relevant sections of POCSO and IPC in Giddalur Police StationPrakasam District Superintendent of Police Malika Garg who took the case very seriously instructed the police officials to investigate the case thoroughly to collect proper physical evidence and to arrest the accused immediatelyDuring the course of the investigation police found that Siddaiah 30 a close relative of the girl who was estranged by his wife and living in the same street where the girl lived had left the village since the day the girl went missing and suspected Siddaiahs role in the crimeThe sniffer dog tracked from the crime scene and went to Siddaiahs house where a blood stained blanket a bicycle and the girls sandals were found The accused was subsequently arrested and lodged in a jail in OngoleAccording to prosecution on July 8 2021 the man noticed the girl playing in the area and with an intention of raping her lured her by offering her money and took her into his house and raped herWhen the girl started weeping he brutally killed her by hitting her head against a cot frame suspecting that he would be arrested if the matter came out Later with the intention of avoiding suspicion and tampering with the evidence he wrapped the girls body in a plastic bag took it on his bicycle and dumped in the drainage canalGarg who monitored the investigation process of the case got the chargesheet filed in the court and also played a vital role in the prosecution and got briefed all the witnesses thoroughly produced proper and sufficient evidence in the court for speed trialShe appreciated the police officials and staff in getting the accused punished in the caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever