Kerala: DYFI employee arrested for rape, homicide of minor woman

Kerala Police on Monday arrested a neighborhood employee of DYFI, the youth wing of the ruling CPI(M), for allegedly hanging a six-year-old woman after raping her. The incident was reported in Idukki district.
Police stated that Arjun, 22, repeatedly sexually abused the woman for 3 years.
The physique was discovered hanging in a room on the plantation quarters of her dad and mom.
A police officer stated, “The incident, which occurred on June 30, was reported as an accidental death. We were told that a shawl accidentally got tied around her neck while she was playing. The parents were away at work. However, the postmortem revealed that the girl had been subjected to sexual abuse over a long period, which made police look into the murder angle.”
Police sources stated the accused confessed that he abused the kid for 3 years, and used to lure her with sweets.
On June 30, he allegedly sneaked into the woman’s home. “The girl fell unconscious during the assault and the assailant feared she may have died. Subsequently, he hanged her from a rope in the room using her shawl,” stated a police officer, quoting the youth.
Arjun, a member of DYFI, has been doing social work within the area, significantly as a volunteer in the course of the pandemic.