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Chargesheet filed in the Batadrava rape and murder case

First Published: 28th April, 2018 10:28 IST

Police have filed the chargesheet in the sensational Batadrava Minor Rape case that shook the entire region just a few weeks back. Nagaon Police have filed a 158-page chargesheet against

Police have filed the chargesheet in the sensational Batadrava Minor Rape case that shook the entire region just a few weeks back.

Nagaon Police have filed a 158-page chargesheet against eight persons in connection with the gang-rape and murder of a 12-year-old.

The victim was allegedly gang-raped and set ablaze at her home in Assam’s Nagaon district by three accused her neighbour Zakir Hussain and two minors, her classmate and her cousin.

However five more people have been named in the chargesheet for allegedly helping the main accused Zakir Hussain evade and destroy evidence.

The five names include Hussain’s father Abdul Rajek, his mother Zubeda Khatun, his brother Muklesur Rahman, jhis brother-in-law Abdul Rashid and Fakruddin.

Out of the eight chargesheeted, six are in Nagaon Central Jail and the two minors are in an observation facility in Jorhat.

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