GUNTUR: The Guntur Rural police arrested the accused in the rape of a four-year-old girl. Addressing a press meet in Guntur on Wednesday, Guntur Rural SP Ch.V. Appala Naidu said the accused, Ketavath Balu Naik alias Pullu Naik, 32-year-old resident of Sarikala thanda of Kambalapalli, Chanda-mpeta mandal of Nalgonda district, TS, was working as shepherd in Kottur village of Macharla mandal of Guntur district. He abducted four-year-old girl from the angawadi center of the village, took her to a secluded place and brutally murdered the girl child after raping her on March 22.
The accused was the friend of the father of the girl and used to visit their house. When the parents of the girl complained of her missing, he too joined them in searching the girl but escaped from the place the same evening. A local, L. Anjaneyulu, found the body of the girl and informed the same to the police and villagers. The villagers demanded that the police should arrest the accused immediately and tried to search for the accused.
Mr Appala Naidu said that special police teams were formed and they found Balu Naik wandering in the tunnel road of Boyyaram at Vijayapuri South and arrested the accused on Wednesday. He said that the police worked hard and could arrest the culprit within 96 hours of the incident. Mr Appala Naidu asked the parents not to trust or give shelter to unknown persons and give instructions to anganwadi teachers not to allow their children from going out with others.
