Pregnant Teen Found Murdered, Hanging By Tree In Jharkhand's Dumka; 1 Arrested
NDTV
Worked as labourer in town; body found in village where she sometimes stayed with relative
The body of a 14-year-old tribal girl, who was pregnant, was found hanging from a tree in a village in Jharkhand's Dumka district on Friday, and a man who allegedly had raped her and eventually killed her has been arrested, police said today.
Dumka recently a similar case in which a stalker set a girl on fire.
In the latest case, district police officer Sudarshan Prasad Mandal said the accused, Armaan Ansari, will be presented in court tomorrow. Her post-mortem examination revealed she was pregnant.
She used to work as a labourer in Dumka — she is from Ranishwar, 40 km from the town — and had met the accused, also a construction worker, during the course of work. She would at times stay with a relative in a village near Dumka, Sriamda, where the body was found.
