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MOTIHARI: Nine of the 12 named accused in Nepal girl’s rape and murder case under Kundawa Chainpur police station surrendered in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate of Motihari on Saturday. Main accused Siyaram Saha and his son Vinay Saha were arrested on February 3. One accused is still on the run.
East Champaran SP Navin Chandra Jha said the nine accused were sent to jail. They would be taken on remand for interrogation.
The 12-year-old Nepal girl was gang-raped on January 21 by four persons, including Vinay and his father Siyaram, in whose house at Kundawa Chainpur market the victim lived on rent with her family and the crime was committed. Later, the girl was strangled and her body was burned on January 21 night after keeping her parents and brother hostage in her rented room.