Auto driver arrested in Dalit woman’s death in Mehsana

“He took the girl forcefully to the site—an agriculture field in Basna village—where the crime was committed. He raped then her and took off her clothes to strangle her to death,” the police stated.

The police stated they examined CCTV footage of the command control and shops in the vicinity to zero in on the accused. “On April 25, the victim left her place of work around 8:30 pm and reached the rickshaw stand near the civil hospital. She took a rickshaw to Visnagar. A rickshaw with a hood of “goga maharaj” was cornered as it was found suspicious,” the police said.

After committing the crime, on his way home, Thakor allegedly removed the hood of “goga maharaj” at the back of the rickshaw and discarded it near a river bridge in Piludara village. Thakor is a resident of Pudgam in Visnagar.

The body of the girl was found by an agricultural labourer on the morning of April 27 on a farm land near an abandoned house in Basna village. The girl worked at a mall in Mehsana.