Gangtok, April 18: Sikkim Police arrested a man hailing from Bihar for alleged rape and murder of a 11-year-old girl in Gangtok city of Sikkim.

The man has been identified as-Pritam Dharma (29) of Bihar.

Police recovered the body of the victim girl on April 14, three days after she was reported to be missing.

According to police, the accused had allegedly raped and murdered the 11-year-old girl at a forest in Sikkim.

“The accused had allegedly offered the victim a lift by his car while she was returning home from school. Later, he stopped at a fuel station to refill his car tank, where he also bought the girl snacks and juice. After that he took her to a nearby forest, where he allegedly raped the minor girl,” said a police official.

Meanwhile, the accused has been booked by the Sikkim police under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and POCSO act.

“I demand that this person should be hanged. My daughter struggled for her life, she was tortured before she died, same punishment must be given to the accused. If the accused his handed to us, I will torture him the same way,” the victim’s mother said.

She further said, “I don’t ask much nor have anything to say to anyone but the way my daughter struggled for her life, the same treatment should be meted against the accused.”

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