Assam police officer and 3 doctors held in minor’s rape-murder case

The body of a 13-year-old girl was found hanging at the house of Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) jawan, where she was working as a domestic help, in Assam’s Darrang district on June 11.

A suspended Assam Police Service officer and three government doctors were arrested in the state’s Darrang district for allegedly shielding the accused in the rape and murder case of a 13-year-old girl, the CID said on Tuesday.

According to police, the victim, who belonged to the tea-tribe community, was allegedly raped and murdered by the SSB jawan. The accused police official and the doctors allegedly tried to make it appear as a case of suicide by taking money from the accused.

Additional Superintendent of Police Rupam Phukan of Darrang, who was suspended in August, was arrested on Tuesday for dereliction of duty.

Three doctors of the Mangaldai Civil Hospital, Arun Chandra Deka, Ajanta Bordoloi and Anupam Sharma, who had conducted the first post-mortem examination on the victim’s body have also been arrested for several commissions and omissions on Monday, a CID release said.

The body was exhumed and a second autopsy was done later.