Man arrested for rape and murder of 10-year-old in T’malai

Police said that Geetha (10), was the daughter of Vijayakumar and Anbukumari, both agricultural labourers. The family was residing at Thenmudiyanur near Thandarampattu in Tiruvannamalai district. The couple on Monday night found Geetha dead in a sugar cane field, here.

Based on information, Thandarampattu police arrived at the spot. The officials on inspection found wounds on the neck of the victim and private parts. The officials also found that the victim’s earrings were also missing. Following this, Tiruvannamalai SP MR Sibi Chakravathy visited the spot and ordered the formation of a special party to track the murderer.

After investigation police grew suspicious on an agricultural labourer Ganesan (60), who went missing. A special party headed by Chengam DSP KL Kuthalingam was formed and a search for the suspect began in various areas. On Tuesday evening, the special party acting on a tip off, arrested Ganesan in the Chengam bus stand. Ganesan was brought to the Tiruvannamalai taluk police station where SP Chakravarthy personally interrogated him. A case was registered and Ganesan was arrested. The body of the victim body was sent to the Tiruvannamalai Government Medical College Hospital for post-mortem. Investigations are still continuing.

In a bid to set right the lopsided male female ratio in Tiruvannamalai district, the district administration arranged a train journey for 400 government higher secondary school girl students, to create awareness by traveling between Tiruvannamalai and Vellore districts, on Tuesday. The initiative was taken up under the central government’s “save the girl child; empower the girl child” scheme as the male female ratio in the district which was 930 females per 1000 males in 2013 slumped to 888 females per 1000 males in 2017-18. The administration has created a district level and block level task forces to create awareness on the importance of the girl child through various programs.