Aadesh Patil (35) was arrested in a manhunt after the boy’s great-grandmother reported seeing him dump the body near the family home in the early morning.
While parole is a provision that humanizes an otherwise rigid penal system and is legitimately granted in a number of cases, in cases of repeat offenders, especially those accused of causing bodily harm, the parameters must be strict enough to protect to alleged survivors, as well as to those who could be harmed in the future. If the authorities are willing to grant parole, the relevant conditions must be imposed to guarantee it. In this case, the police and the prosecution must ensure that an airtight case is built and that the case is processed quickly. Justice must be guaranteed for the grieving family.
Councilor Shomer Penkar said a bandh was called in the city in Raigad district in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region on Thursday.
Patil was released on parole about 10 days ago. Raigad SP Ashok Dudhe said that Patil already had four cases against him for rape, burglary and burglary and that he was exterminated once.
Patil was accused of picking up the sleeping tribal girl from her home in Maleghar Wadi at night and taking her to a secluded part of a nearby forest behind a secondary school, raping and killing her.
The girl’s parents were asleep when they picked her up.
“The family has a half-broken sheet of metal as the front door of the house,” said Councilor Penkar. “The girl was found missing around 2 am.”
Penkar said the parents consulted with the boy’s great-grandmother before starting a search.
“The dogs had started barking and howling around 4 am,” Penkar said. “The great-grandmother followed the howls of the local dogs and saw the defendant return with the boy. Aadesh Patil fled the scene after throwing the girl 25 feet away.”
The woman brought home the lifeless child.
“The girl was pronounced dead at the sub-district hospital,” Penkar said. “Excessive bleeding was noted in his private parts. The defendant had gone to his nearby home and fell asleep.”
(The identity of the victim has not been disclosed to protect her privacy per Supreme Court directives in cases involving sexual assault)
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