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Rakshabandhan, a festival where a brother promises to protect his sister, was shamed after a cousin allegedly raped and murdered his minor sister hours after she tied a Rakhi on his wrist. The disturbing news was reported from Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya. As per the police, after killing the girl, he hung her body from a noose to make it look like a suicide.

As per a report by NDTV, after celebrating Rakshabandhan on Saturday, 33-year-old Surjeet went back to his home after consuming a lot of alcohol. He raped the girl while she was asleep and then killed her. As per the police, the girl’s father was asleep in the next room but couldn’t hear anything.

The girl’s body was found hanging the next day.

After the gruesome killing, Surjeet started misleading the investigation. Police got suspicious when he did not let any other family member answer the questions.

As the police reached the murder spot, they were sure it was not a suicide case because there were bloodstains in several places. Her body was sent for a post-mortem, which confirmed rape.

NDTV further reported that Surjeet was held, and he confessed to the crime during interrogation.

Schoolgirl ‘Gang-Raped’ In Odisha

In another disturbing incident, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five people at a village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district. As per the police, one of the accused is her close relative. As per a PTI report, the police have arrested the 29-year-old relative, the husband of the class 10 student’s paternal aunt, under various sections of the BNS and POCSO Act.
 

The police further said, the accused was remanded to judicial custody after a local court rejected his bail application. Police also detained four other accused who also video recorded the rape.

As per the girl’s complaint, the relative visited their residence on Raksha Bandhan on August 9, and took her to a deserted place where she was gang-raped.