{"id":124433,"date":"2025-04-08T15:23:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=124433"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:23:47","slug":"lawyers-refuse-to-represent-man-accused-of-raping-killing-6-year-old-niece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=124433","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers Refuse To Represent Man Accused Of Raping, Killing 6-Year-Old Niece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of social organisations took to the streets in Chhattisgarh&#8217;s Durg city on Tuesday to condemn the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl by her uncle and the opposition Congress burnt effigies of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai in several districts.<\/p>\n<p>The Durg district bar council announced it would not represent the accused in court.<\/p>\n<p>A six-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and murdered in the Mohan Nagar police station area on Sunday. The child had gone to her grandmother&#8217;s house in the neighbourhood for a function on the ninth day of the &#8216;Navratri&#8217; festival when her 24-year-old uncle sexually assaulted, killed her and later placed the body in a neighbour&#8217;s car.<\/p>\n<p>Members of social organisations, including an outfit of the Yadav community to which the victim belonged, took out rallies in the city and shouted slogans condemning the heinous crime.<\/p>\n<p>The Yadav community demanded a CBI probe into the incident and submitted a memorandum to the Durg collector, seeking Rs 50 lakh assistance for the girl&#8217;s mother and a government job for her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have demanded a detailed enquiry into the incident by probe agencies like the CBI. The accused should be sentenced to death. We have also demanded assistance of Rs 50 lakh and a government job for the victim&#8217;s mother,&#8221; said Pritam Yadav, general secretary of the Chhattisgarh unit of Akhil Bharatvarshiya Yadav Mahasabha.<\/p>\n<p>The Chhattisgarhi Mahila Samaj strongly condemned the incident and demanded a ban on porn sites.<\/p>\n<p>Durg Bar Council president Neeta Jain termed the act heinous and inhuman and said it has decided not to represent the accused.<\/p>\n<p>Amid reports that the child was tortured with a cigarette and her body had burn marks, Durg Additional Superintendent of Police Sukhnandan Rathore said the complete post-mortem report is awaited, and further investigation is underway.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said that the body was kept in a parked car, and blisters may have appeared on it due to heat.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition Congress burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai in several districts, including Raipur, Durg and Rajnandgaon, protesting against the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The party demanded the resignation of Deputy Chief Minster Vijay Sharma, who also holds the Home portfolio, alleging that the law and order situation has deteriorated.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u200bMembers of social organisations took to the streets in Chhattisgarh&#8217;s Durg city to condemn the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl by her uncle and the opposition Congress burnt effigies of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai in several districts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of social organisations took to the streets in Chhattisgarh&#8217;s Durg city on Tuesday to condemn the 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