Man murders minor niece for resisting rape bid, held

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her 45-year-old uncle when she resisted his bid to rape her at her home in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said today.
The accused Amrit Lal Kurre was apprehended yesterday based on the statement of four-year-old brother of the victim, who was witness to the incident that occurred in Jawali village under Bankimongra police station on February 28, a senior police official said.
The victim, daughter of deputy Sarpanch of the village, was found hanging at her home last Friday giving impression that she had committed suicide. Later, her postmortem report revealed that she was strangulated, the official said.

However, it was the statement given by the four-year-old that nailed Kurre who was taken into custody and interrogated, following which he spilled the beans and admitted to the crime, police said.
On the day of the incident, the accused followed his niece who was returning home, along with her brother, after taking bath from a nearby river, police said.
Finding no one at the victim's home, Kurre allegedly tried to force himself on her, however, the girl put up a strong resistance, police said.

The accused then allegedly strangulated her to death fearing that she would reveal the incident, they said.

The minor boy, who was witness to the incident, narrated the sequence of events to his parents who in turn informed police.
A case has been booked against Kurre under various sections of IPC, police said.