Nishatpura police arrested a 28-year-old youth for allegedly abducting and killing a 15-year-old minor girl whose decomposed body was found in Sanjeev Nagar on Friday. The deceased went missing on April 11 and was later found murdered.
Police said that the accused identified as Pradesh Pardi was nabbed after partially decomposed body of the accused was recovered at a construction site in Sanjeev Nagar on Friday.
Investigating Officer SI Roshan Singh said that the accused strangulated the girl to death which was found in the short post mortem report and she was assaulted could be found after receiving the detailed post-mortem report.
The possible reason behind the killing would be the penalty of Rs 2 lakh which was imposed on the accused by the community after he eloped with the deceased few months ago but it could not be ascertained and would be investigated, he added.
In the initial investigation police found that the deceased went missing along with her 5-year-old niece on April 11 near her house in Ehsan Nagar. The niece returned on the same day but the deceased failed to return home and later her body was found.
After the body was found family members of the deceased alleged that the accused had killed her as he had earlier gone with the accused and returned after few days and this time also she might have accompanied the accused.
A complaint was lodged with the police and based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation police nabbed the accused who confessed to have committed the crime.