Guwahati : A tragic incident has come to light in Assam as a girl working as a domestic help had set fire on herself and succumbed to her injuries after she was repeatedly raped by the house owner son since past couple of months.
The incident was took place at Bokakhat town area in Upper Assam’s Golaghat district.
According to the reports, the girl worked as a domestic help at the house of Badan Sarma since a year.
The victim girl said before she breathed her last that, Tirtha Sarma, son of Badan Sarma had repeatedly raped her for the past three months.
On May 30, the victim girl had set fire on herself and she was immediately admitted at Bokakhat civil hospital and later she was shifted to Jorhat Medical College hospital in serious condition, where she succumbed to her injuries on May 31.
Following the incident, Golaghat district police had arrested the accused person.
Additional Superintendent of Police of Golaghat district Dhrubajyoti Bora said that, police had already arrested the accused person and post-mortem done on the victim girl.
“Situation was gone tense after arrival of the victim girl body at Bokakhat town, but it is under control. It is a poignant incident and we will investigate it properly,” the Assam cop said.
Meanwhile, local people of Bokakhat town demanded the district administration and police to take stern action against the accused person.
Local people alleged that, Tirtha Sarma had repeatedly raped the girl for the past three months and on May 30, she was again raped by the accused person.
“Following the incident she set fire on herself and later police rescued her in serious condition and immediately admitted at Bokakhat civil hospital. We demand to take stern action against the culprit,” a local woman said.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
