India, Jan. 31 -- A 52-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in Assam's Cachar district for his role in the abduction, rape and murder of a minor girl in 2022.

The accused was arrested in November 2022 after the 15-year-old girl's body was found.

He was arrested under section 376(3) (raping a minor girl), 302 (murder) and 201 (destroying evidence or giving false information) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) along with section 4, 8 and 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) act.

The accused abducted the minor girl from a marriage ceremony in the Joypur area of Cachar district on November 6, 2022, and her body was later found in a forest.

The minor girl's family members lodged a complaint ...