Shimla, July 13: Police have arrested a youth for the rape and murder of a minor at Kotkhai. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by IG southern range, Zahoor Zaidi, had been interrogating six youths in this case. On Thursday, police arrested Ashish Chauhan, a native of Kotkhai and an engineering student at Bengaluru, in the case. More arrests are likely to follow.
The post-mortem report had revealed injury marks on the dead girl’s body. The incident had sparked widespread outrage in the town, and people came out to protest at many places, demanding immediate arrest of the accused.
Social outfits, public representatives and student bodies have also been clamouring for bringing the accused to justice. Serving an ultimatum to the police, students of the Shimla district had given them five days to solve the case. On Tuesday, chief minister Virbhadra Singh had directed director general of police Somesh Goyal to nab the culprits at the earliest. He also announced a reward of ₹1 lakh to anyone providing any information about the culprits.
Source Hindustan Times
