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3-Old Rape, Murder in Pune: Hundreds Block Bengaluru Highway; Family Demands Death for 65-Year-Old Accused
Hundreds of villagers blocked the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway, demanding the death penalty and faster trial for the accused, police said.
- On Saturday, citizens blocked the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway at Wadgaon bridge in Pune, protesting the rape and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Bhor.
- A 65-year-old laborer allegedly lured the child to a cattle enclosure in Bhor on May 1, then raped and killed her with a stone, according to police.
- Following an earlier Friday night protest on the Pune-Satara highway, Saturday's gathering near Suvarna Hotel halted traffic between Mumbai and Satara, prompting Deputy Commissioner of Police Himmat Jadhav to advise alternate routes.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday promised to seek the death penalty, assuring the victim's family the trial will be completed in "record time."
- While opposition parties criticized the government's law and order record, Fadnavis dismissed the remarks, asserting investigators will build a watertight case to ensure justice.
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3-old rape, murder in Pune: Hundreds block Bengaluru highway; family demands death for 65-year-old accused
Pune rape and murder: People blocked the Pune-Bengaluru highway on Saturday as they held a protest over the Pune minor rape and murder case. A video showed a snarl of traffic on the highway.
·New Delhi, India
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CM Fadnavis assures govt will seek death penalty, fast-track trial in Pune child rape-murder case
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday assured that the government will seek the death penalty for the accused in the Pune child rape-murder case, adding that the trial will be fast-tracked to deliver justice in "record time." Will fast-track the case: CM Fadnavis "I spoke twice to the father of the victim, and I have told him that we will work towards getting capital punishment for the accused. Accordingly, we will fast-track t…
·India
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