Gujarat Court hands down 'double death sentence' to man for rape and murder of 7-year-old girl

Gujarat Court hands down 'double death sentence' to man for rape and murder of 7-year-old girl

A special court in the Anand district of Gujarat delivered a landmark verdict on Friday, awarding a "double death sentence" to 29-year-old Arjun Gohel for the heinous rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Khambhat tehsil in October 2019. Khambhat sessions court judge Parveen Kumar found Gohel guilty under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 (aggravated sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenc…

Teenager, 8 others remanded over alleged murder of 7-year-old girl

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Friday ordered the remand of nine accused persons in a correctional facility over alleged murder of a minor. The defendants, who were charged with conspiracy, murder and arson are: 19-year-old Sunday Moses, Lukuman Aremu, 23, and Rasheed Abdulahi, 20. Others are: Abioye Ojo, 21, Kazeem Olayiwola, 40, Oladipupo […] The post Teenager, 8 others remanded over alleged murder of 7-year-old girl appeared firs…

In the year 2019, a man raped a 7-year-old girl in Kanisa village of Khambhat, Anand. The culprit lured the girl to him with the lure of biscuits and took her behind the temple and raped her. After which, he strangled the girl to death and threw her body into a canal. After the incident, the police arrested this man named Arjun and the entire case went to court. Finally, after 7 years, the Khambhat Sessions Court gave a verdict and sentenced the…