The minor’s mutilated body stuffed in a gunny bag was recovered from the house of the accused on September 27. (Representational image: News18)
The two accused, who are brothers, were arrested and sent to jail. Their third brother, who is a minor, was also held but let go after questioning, police said
An eight-year-old girl found dead at her neighbour’s house was raped before being strangled, the post-mortem report has revealed, police said on Thursday. Two men have been arrested in connection with the case, they added.
The minor’s mutilated body stuffed in a gunny bag was recovered from the accused’s house on Wednesday, officials had said. “A panel of three doctors who conducted the postmortem of the eight-year-old girl has confirmed that the victim was sexually assaulted and later strangulated to death,” said a senior police official on Thursday.
The two accused, who are brothers, were arrested on Wednesday and sent to jail on Thursday. Their third brother, who is a minor, was also held but let go after questioning, the police said. The main accused has confessed to the crime, they added. He told the police that he had given Rs 20 to the girl to purchase ‘paan masala’ and a packet of chips, the police said.
When the girl returned to his house with the items, he allegedly lured her inside, raped her and strangled her. Later, with his brother’s help, he placed the body inside a gunny bag, they added. A murder case was lodged against the duo on Wednesday and based on the findings of the post-mortem report, they have now also been booked for rape along with relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the police said.
The girl went missing from her house on Tuesday. The breakthrough came after police scanned CCTV footage, which showed her entering her neighbour’s house, police had said on Wednesday.
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