Gujarat: Man Who Raped Three Minor Girls in 10 Days, Killed One of Them Gets Death Penalty

Last Update: April 13, 2023, 23:08 IST

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Special Judge AA Nanavati, hearing cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, fixed 28-year-old Vijay Thakor for raping a minor girl on November 4, 2021, after abducting her on his motorcycle. sentenced to.  (Representational Image/ @ANI)

Special Judge AA Nanavati, hearing cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, fixed 28-year-old Vijay Thakor for raping a minor girl on November 4, 2021, after abducting her on his motorcycle. sentenced to. (Representational Image/ @ANI)

During previous hearings, the prosecution had told the court that Thakor deserved the death penalty as he had raped three minor girls aged 3, 5 and 10 respectively over a period of 10 days and killed one of them Was.

A special court at Kalol in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar on Thursday awarded death sentence to a man for raping a 5-year-old girl in November 2021.

Special Judge AA Nanavati, hearing cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, sentenced 28-year-old Vijay Thakor to death for allegedly raping a minor girl after abducting her on his motorcycle on November 4, 2021 .

During previous hearings, the prosecution had told the court that Thakor deserved the death penalty as he had raped three minor girls aged 3, 5 and 10 respectively over a period of 10 days and killed one of them Was.

“He was already sentenced to life imprisonment by the Gandhinagar POCSO court in 2021 for raping and murdering a 3-year-old girl. Public prosecutor Sunil Pandya said he was given the same punishment for raping a 10-year-old girl.

Pandya told the court that the 5-year-old girl was raped so brutally that her internal organs were torn and due to these injuries she would not be able to become a mother in future.

Pandya said Thakor, a resident of Kalol taluka of Gandhinagar, committed these crimes despite being the father of a minor child and his wife being pregnant.

In November 2021, Santej police in Gandhinagar district received a complaint from a woman laborer living near Rancharda village alleging that an unidentified person abducted her five-year-old daughter on November 4 and raped her the same day. Left him at a deserted place. His.

Two days later, Santej police received another complaint of abduction of a 3-year-old girl on the night of 5 November from a hut near Khatraj Square.

After scanning CCTV footage and collecting information from locals, the police arrested Thakor, a daily wage laborer from Vanszada village in Kalol taluka. He confessed to raping three girls and strangling one of them in a span of 10 days.

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