Man held from Bihar for rape and murder of 3 and a half year old girl brought back to Surat

Surat: Surat Police today brought a culprit of rape and murder of a 3 and a half year old girl back to Surat from Bihar.

Surat Police commissioner said that Anil Yadav from whose house in Ghodadara area under Limabayat police station of the city the body of the girl was found on October 15, had been nabbed from his native village in Buxar district in Gujarat and brought back to Surat.

He had fled after the incident. The girl used to live on the upper floor of house of the culprit as tenant with her parents. Anil lived on the ground floor.

She had gone missing on October 14 and his body was later found from the house of Yadav packed in a plastic sack. She was raped too.

Sharma said accused was nabbed with help of Bihar police. He thanked Bihar police for its help. Sharma said police was working for speedy trial of all three recent rape cases including two cases of Dindoli and one case of Athwa. He said chargesheet will be filed in these cases soon. He said compensation has been given to victims.

Sharma said Surat Police in order to prevent such incidents to occur in future has launched Safe home safe street programme in cooperation with private organizations, under which five events had been organized for awareness.

Sharma said accused should not be linked to particular state or background. Criminal is criminal irrespective of his background, geography or faith.

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