Bihar, August 27: In a shocking incident from Siwan district in Bihar, a 20-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping and killing a four-year-old minor girl on Saturday, according to a Times of India report. The child was attending a wedding the village when the accused named Ziauddin alias Dhannu lured the little girl to the field and raped her. The man not only committed the horrific crime but also strangulated her and buried her body.

According to the report, the girl's partially buried body was found in a maize field with her undergarments stuffed inside her mouth. Siwan SP Naveen Chandra Jha as quoted in the report said, the intention was probably to muffle her screams. Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Rape Cases: CBI Files FIR Against Manju Verma, Husband Under Arms Act; Probes Minister Damodar Rawat

The horrific case of sexual harassment, including rape and other forms of abuse faced by inmates of Bihar Shelter homes came up. The first horrific case was of Muzaffarpur shelter home rape cases, which grabbed national headlines, after TISS, Mumbai conducted a survey. The report mentioned of sexual abuse complaint from many inmates and an FIR was then registered by the Bihar police on the basis of TISS report. The Patna High Court last Thursday expressed unhappiness over the CBI's failure to submit an action taken a report (ATR) in the court in connection with the mass rapes at the Muzaffarpur shelter home.

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