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Bihar: Student killed, widow raped, petro station looted

PATNA: A 17-year-old Class X student was killed in Supaul while a man raped a widow in a Rohtas village and criminals looted Rs60,000 from a petrol station in Muzaffarpur district on Sunday.

Unidentified miscreants strangled 17-year-old Rajesh Kumar when he had gone for morning stroll on Sunday. His body was recovered from Bhawanipur Harabund canal.

His father Birbal Yadav told the police that Rajesh had left home around 5am. Some passersby spotted the body and informed the family. Local blocked the Bhawanipur-Supaul road and disrupted vehicular traffic for an hour. Additional SP Ramanand Kaushal pacified the protesters. SHO Rajnish Kumar Kesari said the victim had strangulation mark on his neck. “The motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained,” he said.

In Rohtas, a widow was raped by a man in his early 40s under Agrer police station when the victim was alone in her house. On hearing an alarm raised by her, local residents caught hold of the accused and handed him over to the police. SHO Sarita Suman said accused Ajmer Ansari was sent to jail. The victim was sent to Sasaram Sadar hospital for medical examination.

In Muzaffarpur, unidentified armed criminals looted Rs60,000 from a petrol pump on Motipur-Sahebganj road under Baruraj police station around 11am. They also thrashed an employee of the outlet when he offered resistance.

Two held in Buxar rape case: Two persons — Lalu Yadav (30) and Bachcha Lal Yadav (42) -- were arrested from Tilak Raj Ka Haata police outpost area and sent to jail for alleged gang-rape of a newly married woman in Buxar district. The victim was found in a drunken state in Gurudev Nagar diara and subsequently admitted to Buxar Sadar hospital on Saturday. The survivor told the police that she was kidnapped by six people when she had gone to buy medicines from a shop at Adarsh Nagar on Thursday evening. The kidnappers forced her to consume liquor at gunpoint and then raped her for two days in a hut.

Dumraon SDPO K K Singh said on Sunday the woman’s medical examination was conducted under the supervision of a medical team. Her statement would be recorded in a court, he said, adding raids were on to nab the remaining accused.

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