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Bettiah : A married woman and a teenage girl were killed allegedly after being raped at different places under Gaunaha and Mainatand police station areas under Narkatiaganj Sub-Division in West Champaran district during last 24 hours. SDPO, Narkatiaganj, Mohammad Nisar Ahmad, confirmed the killing of the two women but refuted the rape till the post-mortem reports are received.
Police sources said that a married woman’s body was recovered from secluded sugarcane field under Gaunaha police station area on January 1, 2019.
In another sensational case, body of teenage girl of village Ramnagari was recovered on January 2, 2019, morning, from a field near the village under Mainatand police station. SHO, Mainatand police station, Ram Binod Singh, said that the deceased’s father has lodged a case in thisĀ connection with the police station making two persons named accused.
Angry villagers blocked Bettiah-Mainatand road with the body of the girl protesting the killing and demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. Soon after getting information, SDPO, Narkatiaganj, Mohd. Nisar Ahmad, with other police officials reached there and persuaded the villagers to lift the blockade by telling them that one Munna Ansari had been arrested while police were searching for another accused. Police sent the body to MJK District Hospital, Bettiah, for autopsy.
The SDPO said that police are awaiting the autopsy report for taking appropriate action while the villagers claimed that it was a case of rape.