India, Nov. 10 -- A 63-year-old man who had been allegedly raping a teenager killed her after failing to get her to terminate her pregnancy and dumped her body in his house's septic tank in Assam's Jorhat district, police said on Monday after arresting the local businessman.

Police identified the prime suspect as Jagat Singh. His two sons and a chemist have also been arrested for not reporting the victim's abuse under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, said Jorhat senior superintendent of police (SSP) Subhrajyoti Bora. Singh had roped them in to terminate the pregnancy, which was in its eighth month.

As word about Singh's arrest spread on Monday, a large number of people staged a protest outside Titabar Police St...