<p>A special court in Kalol in Gujarat's Gandhinagar on Thursday sentenced a man to death for raping a 5-year-old girl in November 2021. Special judge AA Nanavati, hearing cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, sentenced 28-year-old Vijay Thakor to death for raping a minor girl after abducting her on his motorcycle on November 4, 2021.</p>.<p>During past hearings, the prosecution had told court Thakor deserved capital punishment because he had raped three minor girls, aged 3, 5 and 10 years, respectively, in a span of 10 days and killed one of them. "He was already sentenced to life in jail till death by the Gandhinagar POCSO court in 2021 for raping and killing a 3-year-old girl. He was given a similar sentence for raping a 10-year-old girl," said public prosecutor Sunil Pandya.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/maharashtra-school-teacher-held-for-repeatedly-raping-12-year-old-student-1208928.html"><strong>Also read: Maharashtra: School teacher held for repeatedly raping 12-year-old student</strong></a></p>.<p>Pandya told court the 5-year-old was raped so brutally that her internal organs had ruptured and that she may not be able to become a mother in future due to these injuries. Thakor, a resident of Kalol taluka of Gandhinagar, had committed these crimes despite being the father of a minor child and at a time when his wife was pregnant, said Pandya.</p>.<p>In November 2021, Santej police in Gandhinagar district had received a complaint from a woman labourer living near Rancharda village alleging that an unidentified man abducted her five-year-old daughter on November 4 and left her at a secluded place on the same day after raping her. Two days later, Santej police received another complaint of a 3-year-old girl being abducted on the night of November 5 from a makeshift shanty near Khatraj crossroads.</p>.<p>After scanning CCTV footages and collecting information from locals, police arrested Thakor, a casual labourer from Vansjada village in Kalol taluka. He confessed to raping three girls in a span of 10 days and strangling one of them.</p>
<p>A special court in Kalol in Gujarat's Gandhinagar on Thursday sentenced a man to death for raping a 5-year-old girl in November 2021. Special judge AA Nanavati, hearing cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, sentenced 28-year-old Vijay Thakor to death for raping a minor girl after abducting her on his motorcycle on November 4, 2021.</p>.<p>During past hearings, the prosecution had told court Thakor deserved capital punishment because he had raped three minor girls, aged 3, 5 and 10 years, respectively, in a span of 10 days and killed one of them. "He was already sentenced to life in jail till death by the Gandhinagar POCSO court in 2021 for raping and killing a 3-year-old girl. He was given a similar sentence for raping a 10-year-old girl," said public prosecutor Sunil Pandya.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/maharashtra-school-teacher-held-for-repeatedly-raping-12-year-old-student-1208928.html"><strong>Also read: Maharashtra: School teacher held for repeatedly raping 12-year-old student</strong></a></p>.<p>Pandya told court the 5-year-old was raped so brutally that her internal organs had ruptured and that she may not be able to become a mother in future due to these injuries. Thakor, a resident of Kalol taluka of Gandhinagar, had committed these crimes despite being the father of a minor child and at a time when his wife was pregnant, said Pandya.</p>.<p>In November 2021, Santej police in Gandhinagar district had received a complaint from a woman labourer living near Rancharda village alleging that an unidentified man abducted her five-year-old daughter on November 4 and left her at a secluded place on the same day after raping her. Two days later, Santej police received another complaint of a 3-year-old girl being abducted on the night of November 5 from a makeshift shanty near Khatraj crossroads.</p>.<p>After scanning CCTV footages and collecting information from locals, police arrested Thakor, a casual labourer from Vansjada village in Kalol taluka. He confessed to raping three girls in a span of 10 days and strangling one of them.</p>