Guwahati: A 50-year-old man has been arrested for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in the Cachar district of Assam.
The incident has occurred at Harinagar Chatradayal village in Cachar.
According to reports, the minor girl vanished on Sunday night after going to her relatives’ home to attend a wedding reception.
The family members lodged an FIR at the Harinagar Police Outpost after getting no trace of the missing girl.
After the police launched investigations, a 50-year-old man identified as Islamuddin was arrested on Wednesday.
Islamuddin confessed under questioning that he had brought the young girl to a jungle, where he had sexually assaulted her before killing her.
The girl’s body has now been recovered in the bush and brought for a post-mortem report.