A man was convicted and awarded ten years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) by the district court Bokaro for killing a girl after sexual assaults in Bokaro.
Judge Ranjeet Kumar of Bokaro district court convicted Ramesh Tuddu a resident of Sadam village and awarded him 10 years RI and Rs 5000 fine.
lured over to marry her, the offender raped the girl repeatedly. On 13 November 2015 he again tried to rape her but she denied. Irked Tuddu burnt the girl alive after sprinkling kerosene oil on her body.
The girl was later rushed to Bokaro General Hospital, with the help of locals, where she died during her treatment after two days.
The offender coaxed the girl, promised to marry her and made sexual relation with her; this continued for eight months, said advocate R Giri.
The court awarded 10 years RI for killing the girl, while seven years imprisonment and Rs 5 thousand fine for sexual assaults, he said.