BHOPAL: A 35-year-old man, accused in a case of rape and murder of five-year old girl in Seoni district was awarded capital punishment by the district and sessions court on Saturday. The court also sentenced his 30-year-old accomplice to life imprisonment.

Police had arrested Firoz Khan, the main accused, a welder working in Jhabua Power Plant, a resident of Dhimra village in Bihar’s Banka district, on April 23. He was arrested from his maternal uncles’ place in Hussainabad area in Bhagalpur district in Bihar state.

His accomplice Rakesh Chaudhary was arrested from Ghansore on April 19. The incident took place in Ghansore village of Seoni district on April 17.

