Assam: Prime Accused in Barbaruah Tea Estate Rape-Murder Case Arrested

Guwahati, August 19, 2019:

In a major breakthrough in the alleged rape and murder incident at the Barbaruah Tea Estate in Assam's Dibrugarh, the local police have arrested the prime and the only accused.

The accused has been identified as Bishal Karmakar alias Takloo (aged 21), who is a resident of 2 No. line village of the Tea Estate.

During interrogation, Takloo confessed that he had been in love with the 21-year-old girl.

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It is to be mentioned that the body of a 21-year-old girl had been found in the Barbaruah Tea Estate in Dibrugarh district of Assam on Sunday. The girl’s family members and local residents have alleged that the girl was raped and murdered.

As per reports, the girl came out of her residence at 3 No. line of the tea garden at about 6:30 am in the morning for her duty at BCPL township.

As usual, she came today through the No.5 line of the tea estate using a short cut, but sadly, never reached her destination. The tea labourers plucking green leaves noticed her body near a drain a while later, which caused a situation of hue-and-cry in the garden.

The family members have lodged an FIR at Barbaruah Police Station alleging it as murder after rape.

According to reports, the local Police have started an investigation and have sent the body for post mortem.

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