Young wrestler raped, killed30 Dec 2007, 0128 hrs IST,TNN

YAMUNANAGAR: At 15, Rinkle was all set to rule the mat as one of Haryana’s promising female wrestlers. She came in second in the 48-kg category at the junior wrestling championships at Ambala and was getting ready for the national wrestling meet. But five days before the selections, Rinkle was raped and killed allegedly by two of her uncles as she was taking food from her home to her grandfather. Her life snuffed out brutally, all that remained as testimony to Rinkle’s wrestling dreams was a trophy presented to her by CM B S Hooda, which she had proudly displayed in her living room. On Saturday, nine days after she disappeared from Amdalpur village, police arrested and took to court three of the accused, among them her uncle Naresh, even as they sent search parties to hunt down her other uncle, Rimpa, who is absconding. According to police, the uncles first allegedly raped her and then, when fingers started pointing towards them, killed her. The three arrested men have been sent in police remand for a day. Rinkle’s father, Jagpal Singh, said she had gone to deliver a meal to her grandfather on December 20 when she stopped by at her uncles’ place. She went missing the same day. Her body was recovered from the western Yamuna canal on December 26. A postmortem report said the death was caused by drowning. The police are still trying to ascertain how and why the other two accused connived with the uncles.