The Pune Rural police on Thursday arrested a 54-year-old man who allegedly murdered two minor sisters, aged eight and 9 years, after sexually assaulting them at a city in Pune district, officers mentioned.
A preliminary probe has revealed that the accused who works as a prepare dinner at a neighborhood resort can be a neighbour of the victims and was identified to their household, mentioned an officer.
In response to the police, they discovered the our bodies of the ladies inside a drum used for storing water at a room close to their home on Wednesday night time.
The police launched a search based mostly on the grievance of the mother and father after they have been unable to hint the ladies who have been seen taking part in close to their residence on Wednesday morning.
Police mentioned the daddy of the victims is a conservancy employees and mom a labourer.
The police registered a case towards the accused man at a police station in Pune district underneath sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Prevention of Kids from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.
The accused, who was planning to flee to some place in North India, was arrested from a lodge in Pune metropolis, the police mentioned.
“The accused has been arrested on costs of rape and homicide of minor ladies. Additional investigation is on to substantiate the motive behind the crime,” mentioned a senior police officer.
The police mentioned that the accused allegedly sexually assaulted the youthful lady first, after which the elder one who had come to his room to rescue her sister on listening to her cry for assist.
The person then reportedly murdered each the victims and dumped their our bodies within the water drum, the police mentioned.
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