Minor rape and murder
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A 56-year-old policeman in Kadamtala area of North Tripura was arrested on Thursday night allegedly for sexually harassing a 13-year-old visually impaired girl.

It has come to the light that the accused policeman is a friend of the victimโ€™s father and he was a regular visitor to their house.

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It has been alleged that the accused policeman was sexually harassing the victim allegedly for the past 3-4 years.

The horrifying tale came to light only after the victim spoke about it to her parents and family.

She further said that the accused policeman had promised her a treatment of her eyes.

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โ€œHe even had threatened her with dire consequences if she ever spoke about the incident to others,โ€™ the police informed the media.

The accused policeman, identified as one Dilip Das, was caught red-handed by the locals on Thursday night as he had entered the victimโ€™s house.

Kadamtala Police station arrested the accused policeman and a case has been registered against him under section 376 (2) (l)/ 376 (2 )(n)/ 376 (3) of IPC and also under section 4 of the POCSO Act.