In another dastardly crime involving the minors, a six- year-old girl was allegedly killed after the unidentified miscreants had attempted to rape her. The incident happened around 7.30 pm at Mohammadpur Kunhari under laksar police station of Haridwar district on Tuesday evening. Police said that the criminals had used bricks to kill her after she had resisted his attempt to rape her. Those responsible for the crime that has sent shock waves across the State are still at large.
It is learnt that the miscreants had taken her to an under- construction building of Angarwari centre, located outside her house, when she had come out to play. They had allegedly tried to rape her, but their attempts being resisted by her had infuriated them and they had killed her with bricks left in the place.
Police sources said that the deceased’s father who was a labourer had gone for work when the incident happened. As she had not returned her parents had started searching for her. Finally, her body, stripped of clothes, had been found at the under- construction Anganwadi centre. As per the preliminary inquiry, she had sustained severe head injuries. Upon being informed, local police had rushed to the spot after which the body had been sent for post-mortem examination. Its report is being awaited, said the laksar circle officer Chandan Singh Bisht, adding around dozen people in the locality have been interrogated in connection with the crime.
Meanwhile, SSP Krishna Kumar V K had visited the spot twice on Tuesday evening and Wednesday. Hardwar Rural MlA, Swami Yatiswaranand and Haridwar DM Deepak Rawat had also visited the spot of the crime. A laksar police station officer said that based on the complaint from the deceased’s parents, a case under section 302 of IPC had been registered against unidentified persons in the laksar police station on Tuesday. After the autopsy report is received on Thursday, some sections of IPC would be added in the existing FIR, he added. He further said that a forensic team and a dog squad have been deployed to collect evidences leading to the arrest of the culprits.