Accused nabbed for murdering minor girl in Kodagu

The special team constituted by the Kodagu Police nabbed the accused in the gruesome murder of a minor girl in Kumbaragadige village of Somwarpet taluk, on Saturday, May 11.

The minor girl who had just passed the SSLC examination the results of which were declared on Thursday, May 9, was engaged to Prakash the same day. But the family was advised against conducting the marriage of the girl as she was a minor which infuriated Prakash and he severed her head with a weapon.

The police which launched a manhunt for Prakash zeroed in on him in the jungles surrounding Kumbaragadige where the crime was committed, and overpowered him. The severed head of the girl which was hidden in thicket was retrieved by the police who took Prakash into custody and questioned him. The police also recovered the country made gun which was stolen from the girl’s house.