Shillong, Oct. 11 -- Meghalaya Police have arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly raping and murdering a minor girl at a village in Ri-Bhoi district, police said today.
The accused, identified as Lainehskhem Kharsati, was arrested today morning, 24 hours after he allegedly committed the crime, Vivekanand Singh Rathore, the district police chief of Ri-Bhoi, said.
The 13-year-old girl went missing on Thursday morning after returning from school, and her body was recovered by the villagers from a forested area at 7.20 pm.
According to villagers, the victim was lying in a pool of blood, with bleeding visible from her nose and a notebook still clutched in her hand. "He (Kharsati) has admitted that he first sexually assaulted the child and t...