Journal of Forensic Research

Forensic Division, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Tripura, India

Publications

• Case Report   
  Rape and Strangulation of a Kid with Creeper Plant
  Author(s): Sabyasachi Nath* and Hemanta K Pratihari
  
  The rape crime-clock is very alarming compared to other crime against women in India. It is seen that different age groups including kids are the victim of such menace. In one case, a 6½-year kid used to visit the neighbouring house to play with her girl friend of same age. One day, the uncle (father of her friend) lured her and took her to a nearby bushy area close to the house. The kid was raped there and strangulated with a flexible wild creeper (rope like plant material) and abandoned naked on the spot. In the mean-time, parents of the victim girl enquired the place where she often used to visit and play. Since several hours passed without any result, an FIR was lodged in the local police station. Subsequently in the late evening, the detection of a dead body (kid) was reported and identified to be the same missing kid. As per secret input, it was ascertained that the decea.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7145.11.457

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