"Incidents happen, where do they not occur?": Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren on murder of minor girl in Dumka
A 14-year-old tribal girl was sexually exploited by Arman Ansari on the pretext of marriage and was raped, killed, and hanged from the tree in Dumka
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Dumka, Sept 5: In an insensitive manner, Jharkhand CM Heman Soren while reacting to the death of a minor girl who was found hanging from a tree in Dumka district said, "Incidents happen. Where do they not occur?".
Notably, a 14-year-old tribal girl was raped and hanged from a tree by Arman Ansari. The girl was sexually exploited by a man on the pretext of marriage and was raped, killed, and hanged from the tree in Dumka. Babulal Marandi, former Chief Minister of the state and leader of the opposition in the current assembly, shared this news from his Twitter handle. The accused Arman Ansari has been arrested in this case.
The Jharkhand Police had registered a case of rape and murder against the accused in the case. "Rape and murder case registered under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and SC/ST Act. Accused Armaan Ansari was arrested. We want to collect evidence and file chargesheet soon," Amber Lakra, Superintendent of Police, Dumka said.
"Hanging body of a girl found in Dumka. She was hanging by a tree. One accused has been arrested. The investigation is underway. All facts and other things are being ascertained," Dumka Police had said on Saturday. It is pertinent to mention this came days after another minor girl was set ablaze in Dumka by one Shahrukh on August 23. The girl had succumbed to her injuries on August 28. Notably, Dumka is a long-held stronghold of Hemant Soren and his family.
However, two unfortunate incidents have also taken a political turn as BJP MP Nishikant Dubey slammed the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand for the growing atrocities on Dalit girls and said that "underage Dalits and tribal girls are being exploited and the government is sleeping." Taking to Twitter, Dubey also claimed that the minor girl was 3-months pregnant.
"From the news received from the relatives of the minor girl in Dumka, it appears that the girl was 3 months pregnant. This should be investigated. "Grooming gangs" are active in Jharkhand, in which Bangladeshi Muslim boys, are exploiting underage Dalits and tribal girls and the Soren government is sleeping," Dubey said in a tweet in Hindi.