Rajnandgaon:

A 14-year-old girl allegedly hacked her elder brother to death after he scolded her for talking to boys on mobile phone in Chhattisgarh’s Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai (KCG) district, police said on Saturday.

The teenager has been detained for the offence that took place at Amlidihkala village under Chhuikhadan police station limits on Friday, an official statement said.

The girl allegedly told police that she and her brother (18) were at home while other family members had gone out on work at the time of the incident.

He reprimanded her claiming she talked to boys on mobile phone, and asked her not to use the phone anymore. Smarting under the rebuke, she allegedly hit him on the throat with an axe when he had fallen asleep, killing him on the spot, police said.

The girl then had a bath and cleaned the blood stains on her clothes before telling her neighbours that her brother had been murdered.

During questioning by the police, she admitted to have killed him, the statement said.

A case has been registered and further investigation was underway.

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Kawardha, Chhattisgarh:

A three-year-old girl, who had gone to watch a cultural event on Dussehra along with her grandfather, was allegedly raped by a man in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district on Wednesday, police said.

The accused, identified as Durgesh Patel (40), has been arrested, they said.

The incident took place at around 2 am in a village under Kawardha City Kotwali police station limits when the victim, along with her grandfather, had gone to watch a cultural programme held on the occasion of Dussehra, Kabirdham Additional Superintendent of Police Harish Rathore said.

As per a complaint lodged by the minor’s grandfather, while the programme was underway, he went to a nearby house to fetch water for the child and on returning, found her missing, the ASP said.

He later heard the girl’s cries from a house and rushed there and found the man holding the victim, the police officer said.

An investigation revealed the accused had allegedly assaulted her sexually, Mr Rathore said.

A case was registered under section 376 AB (rape on a woman under 12 years of age) of the IPC and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the accused was arrested, he added.

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