Kerala Man who raped and murdered his 7-year-old niece has been sentenced to serve three life terms and 26 years of rigorous imprisonment.

The 27-year-old man raped and murdered her niece on September 27, 2017.

The man will also pay Rs. 3.20 lakhs to the family of the 7-year-old girl.

E Baiju, the Judge of the Kollam Additional Sessions Judge, convicted Rajesh, the rapist, for Rape, Murder, Unnatural Sex, Kidnapping, and Showing Disrespect To A Dead Body.

On September 27, 2017, the grandmother of the 7-year-old girl was on her way with the minor to the tuition center that the girl went to.

The grandmother met Rajesh along the way, and Rajesh asked the grandmother that he will drop his niece on the tuition center.

Instead of taking the minor to the tuition center, the man brought her to a rubber plantation in Kulathupuzha, where he raped and murdered the kid.

Investigations revealed that Rajesh used an auto-rickshaw to reach the rubber plant, which is 16 kilometers away from the house of the kid.

The man also left the dead body of the kid there.

Rajesh used to live with the parents and the family of the 7-year-old girl.

After Rajesh raped and murdered the 7-year-old girl, he went to a forest in Kulathupuzha, where he decided to hide.

Later that day, a missing complaint was registered by the mother of the minor.

The police launched an investigation and a search and rescue operation for the 7-year-old girl.

The police arrested Rajesh from the same forest where he was hiding in.