Two persons have been sentenced to death by a Tripura court for raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl at Nutan Baazar area in the state’s Gomti district.
The two convicts- Kastarai Tripura and Vonjoy Tripura had forcefully taken the victim to a jungle while she was going to school before raping and murdering her on December 5, 2018.
The victim’s family had filed a police complaint following which a case was registered under different Sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act.
The judgement was pronounced by the Gomti district and sessions judge court subsequent to which the convicts were taken to the Udaipur jail.
The review meeting was attended by Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura.
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