A special POSCO court has awarded death sentence to an accused of murder and rape of a minor girl in Vikasnagar on Wednesday. The heinous crime had been committed in 2016. Apart from awarding the death sentence, the court also imposed a penalty of Rs 70,000 on the accused Mohammad Azhar.
It is pertinent to mention here that a minor girl, a student of class IX, had been found hanging from a tree on January 2, 2016 near Rota Khaddh band in Tyuni.
During investigation, the police had been told by locals that the minor-a daughter of Nepali parents-was seen with one Mohammad Azhar, a resident of Dakpathar. The suspicion of police had been confirmed when Azhar was found absconding. He had later been arrested by police from Bagran town of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh.
On interrogation, he was believed to have confessed his crime. He had told the police that he had raped and murdered her at a desolate place after taking her there on his two-wheeler on pretext of sightseeing.
Later, he had hung the body from a tree with her duppata to deceive the police.
