RANCHI: Five people, including a boy, were held for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Ranchi district, police said on Saturday. The body of the girl, who was a student of class 9, was found at a paddy field in rural Ranchi's Lapung police station area on July 23, they said.
"We have arrested five people, including one minor, in the case. The accused have confessed to the crime," Superintendent of Police (Rural) Naushad Alam said.