Global InformationMurder of Usharani Ganaison information
Usharani d/o Ganaison | |
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 Usharani Ganaison, the 7-year-old girl molested and killed | |
| Born | Usharani d/o Ganaison 1970 Singapore |
| Died | 10 November 1977 or 11 November 1977 (aged 7) Toa Payoh, Singapore |
| Cause of death | Murdered by strangulation |
| Resting place | Choa Chu Kang cemetery |
| Nationality | Singaporean (Indian) |
| Other names | Usha Rani Ganaison Usharani Genaison |
| Education | Primary One at Cairnhill Primary School (incomplete due to her death) |
| Occupation | Student |
| Known for | Murder victim |
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On the night of 10 November 1977, Usharani d/o Ganaison, a 7-year-old student of Cairnhill Primary School, went missing after she went out of her flat to buy drinks to celebrate Deepavali with her family. About seven hours after her disappearance, she was found murdered nearby the void deck of her flat, and the medical evidence suggested that she had been molested and strangled.
Two days after her murder, Usharani's uncle Kalidass s/o Sinnathamby Narayanasamy, a lance corporal of the Singapore Armed Forces, was arrested after a denture mark on Usharani's body was matched to his teeth. Although Kalidass admitted to molesting the girl, he denied killing her intentionally and raised a defence of alcohol intoxication that caused him to be mentally incapable of his actions. However, the trial court found Kalidass mentally sound at the time of the killing, and thus sentenced him to death for murder on 27 March 1980.[1]
- ^ "经过九天审讯·罪名终告成立 非礼杀害七岁侄女印籍青年判处死刑". Nanyang Siang Pau (in Chinese). 28 March 1980.