Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
The Fast track court-4 on Wednesday convicted a 31-year-old wall painter for abduction, rape and murder of three-year-old girl who was playing in the neighborhood in Byrathi in Kothanur five years ago.
The accused identified as Sonu Nishad,hailed from UP and living with his wife and three children in a labourers colony.
On the fateful day of February 26,Sonu was drunk and found the victim playing with other children in the neighbourhood.
He lured her with chocolate took her to an isolated place and raped her before crushing her to death with a boulder.He returned home and slept in the shed .
Meanwhile when the parents of the victim,who are labourers and hailed from the same place of the accused, returned to find the girl was missing.
After intense search and inquiry they came to know that the girl was missing with Nishad nad filed a complaint.
Based on the complaint, the police traced Nishad and picked him up for inquiry where he not only confessed but also led to the place where he had committed the crime.
The police arrested the accused under POCSO, rape and murder and filed a charge-sheet before the court.
