INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO RAPED AND STRANGLED 11-YR-OLD GIRL

the Sewri Fast Track Court, Mumbai , India, sentenced 35-year-old Arjun Jogadiya to be hanged till death for raping and murdering his 11-year-old neighbour in 2004. Jogadiya raped the victim at a canine shelter at Saat Rasta on November 10, 2004. The girl was playing with her brother (then 9) near their house when he came and offered them Chinese rice said Additional Public Prosecutor Ramesh Labhane. After the trio had finished the dinner at a nearby food stall, Jogadiya told the girl’s brother to go home and said she would follow in a few minutes. The rapist then took the girl to the terrace of the dog shelter situated directly behind the food stall, repeatedly raped her and strangled her to death. The victim’s body was found by a group of boys playing cricket in the area the next day. Jogadiya was immediately arrested and confessed to the rape and murder.