Serial killer arrested for the rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl

Gujarat(The Uttam Hindu): The Gujarat police have arrested a suspect accused of several murders in four states related to the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl in Valsad district. The accused, Rahul Jat, is a resident of Rohtak, Haryana. His arrest has come after the discovery of a young woman's body near the railway tracks opposite Udvada railway station on November 14.

According to officials, the teenager was assaulted, raped, and killed while returning home from her evening tuition classes. Before his arrest, Jat is accused of committing robbery and murder against a woman on a train near the Secunderabad railway station in Telangana.

Another murder attributed to Jat is that of a train passenger in Mulki, Karnataka. SP Vaghela said that Jat has more than a dozen criminal cases registered against him from Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. according to the media reports, "Jat travelled by train to commit robbery and murder. He visited Surat, Valsad, and Vapi four to five times over the past year. He had returned to collect his salary from a hotel where he was employed. It was during this visit that he raped and murdered the 19-year-old girl,". The police managed to catch Jat after a massive hunt that involved police units from several states as well as the scanning of footage from 2,000 CCTV cameras in Vapi, Valsad, Surat, and Udvada. A particular CCTV recording gave the police a clear image of Rahul Jat.