A chilling tale of yet another crime against women comes from Gujarat, where a school principal strangled a 6-year-old girl to death for resisting rape and dumped her body in the compound behind the school premises. Reportedly, the police had launched a probe after the child's body was found inside the school compound in a village of Singvad taluka on Thursday. The police arrested Govind Nat, the principal of the Govt. Primary School in Dahod district on Sunday after he admitted to killing the girl.
Principal Kills 6-Year-Old Girl For Resisting Rape In Gujarat
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The girl was a Class 1 student at Torni primary school in Singvad taluka of the district. The news of her murder shocked parents as well as the entire village, as 50-year-old Nat was associated with the school for the past 18 years.
"Nat has admitted to committing the crime. We have got all the relevant evidence. He first tried to rape the girl in his car and when she screamed for help, he smothered her to death,” said Dahod Superintendent of Police Rajdeepsinh Zala. The girl went missing on September 19, after which her family filed a missing FIR.
Postmortem Reveals That The Girl Was Smothered To Death
Credits:The New Indian Express
According to police, the mother of the child entrusted her to the principal on Thursday morning as he was driving to school from the girl’s village.
"He picked up the girl from her home at around 10.20 am. Her mother helped her get into the principal's car and saw her off. But she never reached the school. The school's students and teachers confirmed this. On the way to school, the principal tried to sexually assault her, and she started shouting," the senior officer said, adding that the principal strangled the girl to stop her from shouting.
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On reaching the school, the principal left the girl's body in his car and locked the vehicle. "Around 5 pm, he dumps the body behind the school building and plants her school bag and shoes outside her classroom. He denied this initially, but we suspected him after the technical analysis," Mr Jhala said. When Nat was confronted with all the evidence, he finally admitted to the crime.
According to the police, Govind Nat faces stringent charges under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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