Man sentenced to life in prison for raping 6-year-old girl

A district court here has given life imprisonment to a 56-year-old man for raping a six-year-old girl.
Additional sessions judge Sangita Kahlipe ordered that Afajuddin Mohammad Shaikh alias Takala Mama, who hails from Koparkhairane, would remain in jail till his death and asked the District Legal Services Authority to provide adequate compensation to the mother of the victim.
Shaikh was also fined with Rs 55,000 by the court.
Judge Khalipe ordered that "the accused is sentenced to suffer life imprisonment which shall mean the remainder of the natural life".
Additional Public Prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale informed the court that the victim and the accused stayed in the same slum colony in the creek area here.

On August 28, 2014, Shaikh gave the victim food laced with poison when she had gone to his home to watch television.
When she returned home in a distressed state, she was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors confirmed she had been raped.
Her parents filed a complaint and a case under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) was registered against Shaikh.