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Rajulapudi Srinivas

SCPCR visits Nibhanupudi to inquire into minor’s rape, death in Andhra Pradesh

Members of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) visited Nibhanupudi village in Pamarru mandal of Krishna district, where a minor girl was allegedly gang-raped and was later found dead in a canal on July 23.

Commission members Bathula Padmavathi and Jangam Rajendra Prasad called on the bereaved family members in the village and condoled them on Wednesday. They interacted with the villagers, the Pamarru police (who are investigating the case), the women protection secretary of the sachivalayam, Education Department officials and the staff of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) of the Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) department officials to collect details of the case.

The lodge owner who had leased a room to the accused without following the rules has been arrested. He was produced in court, police said on Wednesday.

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