Youth gets life term in rape-cum-murder case

A special court here sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for rape and murder of a woman police constable in 2010.

Kota: A special court here sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for rape and murder of a woman police constable in 2010.

Special Court judge Ajay Singh convicted and awarded life sentence to Tulsiram, who worked as a cook at Chechat police station of the district, for raping and killing the woman constable on the night of September 29, 2010.

Another accused - Deshraj, constable at the time of the crime, was acquitted due to absence of evidence against him.

The body of the woman constable was found inside a room in women`s guest house of Chechat police station a day after the incident.

The rape-cum-murder case had triggered a huge protest in Chehchat village three-and-a-half year ago.

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