Hundreds pay respects to child raped, strangulated to death in Kerala; demand death for accused

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The accused was arrested on Friday itself, but could not be interrogated as he was in an inebriated state, police had said. Several women, including mothers of the victim's playmates and classmates, broke down and said that keeping the accused in jail and feeding him would not be justice. «He should be killed in the same manner he killed the child. If the government cannot do it, hand him over to the public,» they said. Congress MLA Anwar Sadath said he wants the government and the police to ensure that the accused get the highest punishment of death penalty.

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«As a representative of the people and as a father that is what I want. I spoke to the Kerala CM yesterday and requested him not to see it as an isolated incident and end the probe here. Post this incident, parents everywhere are scared. So the government and the police need to be more vigilant to prevent recurrence of such incidents,» he said. Becoming emotional while speaking to reporters, the MLA said no one even thought the child would be killed in such a manner and everyone, including him, were hopeful that she would be rescued alive. He also said that the last rites would be performed after everyone who has turned up has paid their respects.BJP leader Sobha Surendran also demanded stringent punishment for the accused and urged people to come out on the streets demanding that the government take action to prevent such incidents from recurring. After the incident,