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Cops arrest estate worker over suicide of nine-year-old girl

IDUKKI: Rajakkad police arrested S Alakar Raja (55) of Khajanappara near Rajakumari on Tuesday in connection with the suicide of a nine-year-old girl.


The fourth standard student was found in her room with a churidar shawl around her neck on March 4.

Munnar deputy SP Suneesh Babu said the autopsy report revealed that the girl was molested by the accused earlier and she committed suicide fearing him.



“The accused had earlier molested her sister and four other minor girls. The accused is an estate labourer and we suspect he is a serial offender,” he said.

Earlier, police assumed that the girl had died inadvertently while trying to tie the shawl to make a swing. After receiving the autopsy report, police questioned the neighbours and the accused was arrested. The accused is a member of CPM’s Rajakumari estate branch committee. It is learnt that the party will take action in this case.

Meanwhile CPM Rajakkad area committee member P Ravi claimed that Raja was not a committee member.

“The accused is a CPM follower and estate worker. He held no position in the party. But, it seems he claimed that he is the branch committee member,” he said.

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