I have committed a big mistake, says 2nd child rape suspect

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Press Trust of India Lakhisarai (Bihar)
Last Updated : Apr 22 2013 | 10:00 PM IST
"I have committed a big mistake." This was how Pradeep Kumar, the second person arrested in connection with the rape of a five-year-old girl, responded when asked how he felt about the crime.
Pradeep, a 19-year-old "illiterate" who works as a mason in Delhi, was arrested from his maternal uncle's house here in the wee hours today.
According to his friend Manoj, who was arrested two days ago, they had consumed alcohol at his house in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar on April 15.
Manoj claimed that Pradeep had insisted on bringing a girl to the house and he went out and lured the five-year-old girl living in the same building with a chocolate, police said in Delhi.
He had also claimed that they fled from the house after strangulating the victim, fearing that she will tell her parents about the crime.
The duo left her thinking she was dead, police said.
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First Published: Apr 22 2013 | 10:00 PM IST

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