A candlelight vigil for Sister Valsa in Delhi Friday. Amit Mehra
A day before she was hacked to death, Sister Valsa John had told a supporter about a rape in the village, and how the police were not registering her complaint. This has emerged as a strong line of investigation three days after the Catholic nun was murdered by unidentified assailants in Pachuwara village in Jharkhand’s Pakur district, according to officials.
Pakur deputy comissioner Sunil Kumar Singh told The Indian Express that an aide of the nun, whose identity is being withheld, had conveyed to him the problems she was facing in getting the rape complaint registered. “I immediately asked the concerned police officer to register the FIR. This was on November 14. Next day she was killed,” Singh said.
The alleged rapist, Adwin Murmu of Alubera village, two km from Pachuwara, was taken into custody along with six others today. They were being interrogated by officers led by acting SP Amar Nath Khanna at Amrapara, 40 km from here.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/day-before-murder-jharkhand-nun-reported-rape-in-village/877825/
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