Zakir Hussain, the prime accused of Batadrawa rape case convicted

A session court in Assam today convicted the prime accused of Batadrawa rape case Zakir Hussain. He was accused of rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in Batadrawa in Nagaon on 23rd March this year.

In a heinous crime that rattled the entire state of Assam when a class 5 student girl was gang-raped and then set on fire allegedly by Zakir Hussain and two other persons. The crime was committed at the victim’s house where she was alone after coming from school.

It was when family members saw smoke drifted from the roof then they rushed to the house and recovered the girl in critical condition. After admitted into one of the local hospitals, she was transferred to Guwahati Medical College and Hospital where she succumbed to severe burning injuries which amounted to almost 90 percent. Before dying the girl in a statement revealed information about the three culprits and on that basis, police arrested Zakir and another juvenile while the third was on the run.

Lamentably all three accused boys studied in the same school where the victim studied and they were known to the victim girl.

After much publicity and wide outrage that generated massive protest, police filed charge-sheet against the accused within a month. Zakir and the others were charged with rape and murder, while five others Abdul Rajek, Zubeda Khatun, Muklesur Rahman, Abdul Rashid and Fakruddin where charged under relevant sections of IPC for supporting the offenders and destructing evidence.