In a shocking incident, a man was held for raping and killing a 10-year-old girl in Bolarum on Saturday.

According to the police Chintaginja Anil, 28, had come to the Alwal toddy compound on Saturday evening, where the victim, a Class III student, had been brought by her parents.

While her parents were busy in drinking, Anil struck up a conversation with the girl. He took her to a nearby shop and purchased chocolates for her.

Later he took the girl to an isolated place behind the EME headquarters and raped her. In a fear to get caught, he strangled the girl and crushed her face with a boulder. Then he disposed of the body on the railway tracks to make it look like an accident.

CCTV footage showed him sitting with the girl at the toddy compound, police said. The victim was the second daughter of her parents, who hail from Kalasiguda.

The police took him into custody on Sunday. What is more shocking is Anil  had been previously convicted to one-year rigorous imprisonment for an attempt to murder a sex worker and was released on Friday only.

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By M. Divya Shri