Outrage grips Purnea district after a monstrous crime against a 16-year-old girl, raped by her lover and friends, then slain and displayed on bamboo as a suicide ruse. The Class 8 pupil from Dagruva met her end in Bakeniya, Amour thana, her body found two days post-disappearance.
Holi fervor at home masked her exit for a supposed errand. Exhaustive hunts involving locals and classmates drew blanks until mobile scrutiny exposed calls to her Amour-based classmate paramour. Village siege forced his chilling revelation of a prolonged romance.
Intoxicated near cornfields, he beckoned her into ambush. Friends materialized for the savage group assault, fueled by coercion. Her retaliation threat prompted lethal strangulation using her scarf and force, followed by bamboo suspension for deception.
Detained briefly by villagers notifying cops, the lead perpetrator vaulted to freedom. Postmortem on the retrieved remains exposed the full savagery. Accomplices identified by him are evading capture. Handed back to grieving kin, the case fuels demands for child safety reforms amid rural vulnerabilities.