A Tripura court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to two tribal young men for raping and murdering a 12-year-old tribal girl last year, police said.
Dhalai district police chief Bijoy Debbarma said, “Kamalpur (in northern Tripura) Additional Sessions Judge Arindam Paul awarded death sentence to Rashida Tripura, 25, and Jhani Tripura, 20, for raping and murdering Kumari Karmati Tripura, 12, at Raishyabari on February 7 last year.”
The court also imposed a fine of Rs.20,000 on each of the convicts.
The police chief said the two took the victim to a jungle close to their homes and raped her before killing her brutally.
Dhalai district’s Additional Superintendent of Police Kishore Debbarma investigated the case and submitted a charge sheet to the court.
(IANS)