MP-RAPE-ARREST

Man arrested for raping, killing minor girl in Madhya Pradesh
    Bhopal, Jun 10 (PTI) A man has been arrested for
allegedly raping and killing an eight-year old girl in Bhopal,
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bala Bachchan said Monday.
    The girl went missing after she came out of her house
in Kamla Nagar area of Bhopal on Saturday evening to buy
something. Her body was found near a drain in the area Sunday
morning.
    "The accused, Vishnu Mohare, was arrested from
Mortakka village in Khandwa district today. Police will
present a challan (official documents) in court in 48 hours.
The government will fast track the case and ensure punishment
to the culprit within a month," Bachchan told PTI.
    The minister said police have collected evidence
against the accused.
    Mohare, who is in his mid-20s, lived close to the
girl's home, Kamla Nagar police station in-charge Alok
Shrivastava said.
    Chief Minister Kamal Nath ordered a financial
assistance of Rs five lakh to the girl's family, state Public
Relations Minister P C Sharma said.
    Earlier, some locals staged a protest outside the
Kamla Nagar police station to demand speedy arrest of the
accused, who was nabbed around 10 am.
    The state government on Sunday suspended six police
officials after the girl's family alleged that the security
men did not act on their complaint after she went missing.
    The girl ventured out of her house in Kamla Nagar area
around 8 pm on Saturday to buy something. When she did not
return, her family members approached the police that night, a
police official said.
    Inspector General (Bhopal zone) Yogesh Deshmukh
earlier said the police searched for the girl in the night and
her body was found near a drain in Kamla Nagar area around 5
am on Sunday.
    According to an initial post mortem report, the girl
"died of strangulation after rape", Additional Superintendent
of Police (ASP) Akhil Patel said, adding that they were
waiting for a detailed report.
    On Sunday, the girl's uncle said after she went
missing, they went to the police station, but the cops did not
respond and even said she must have gone away with someone.
    The family members searched for her at the railway
station and in other areas of the city. They also contacted a
local corporator, who alerted police. PTI ADU MAS GK VT
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