Chennai: Missing girl gang-raped, killed; 5 held

Chennai | Friday | 15th February, 2019

Summary:

The parents had to initiate a round of habeas corpus case proceedings in Madras high court , to nudge police to intensify the search for the missing girl. After a prolonged sexual assault, the culprits developed cold feet and apprehended that she would inform their families and police if let out alive. Though an FIR was registered the next day, police did little else. It has now been altered into a gangrape-cum-murder case.The girl, in love with a teenage relative, bunked her classes on September 7, 2018, and went with him to a farm nearby. They then hit her head with an iron pipe, killing her instantly..