KOKRAJHAR: A court in Kokrajhar district of Assam has sent a man to 20 years in jail for raping a minor girl.
The man ha been sent to jail for raping the 10-year-old girl in July 2019.
The convict has been identified as Sharidul Islam from Gossaigaon in Assam.
Sharidul raped the girl when she went to the grazing field near a river to see her family cows.
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Later, the girl’s family lodged a police complaint on the matter.
A case was registers under sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and POCSO Act.
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