Seven-year-old’s rape-murder: Accused gets life term in Ludhiana

The rape took place in Fauji Colony two years ago

More than two years after the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Fauji Colony, the court of additional district and sessions judge Tarntaran Singh Bindra on Saturday sentenced the 37-year-old accused to life imprisonment.

The court also imposed a fine of ₹50,000 on him.

After the crime came to the fore on April 10, 2017, angry residents had tied the accused, who was then in an inebriated state, with a pole and thrashed him with sticks before handing him over to police. After raping the girl, the accused had strangled her and threw her body at a vacant plot.

As per the prosecution, the accused, Mast Ram, had executed the crime following a rivalry with the victim’s father. The victim was youngest of seven siblings.