Idukki: Police on Monday arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly raping and killing a six-year-old girl, his neighbor, at Churukkulam Estate near here recently.
The police said they recorded Arjun’s arrest after finding his statement contradictory.
The girl was found hanging inside her home on June 30 when her parents went to work on the nearest plantation.
The police previously registered a case of unnatural death but an autopsy report confirmed that the child was raped before he was hung.
“It seems like he has raped him many times in the past.
However, on June 30, the child fell unconscious during his rape and thought that he was dead, he hung him,” police said.
Police said Arjun was there to help the family when the last ritual of the child was carried out and looked emotional too.
(The identity of the victim has not been revealed to protect its privacy according to the direction of the Supreme Court about cases related to sexual violence)