In a suspected case of rape and murder, the semi-naked body of a 20-year-old girl was found in the closed pump house of Mathura junction on Sunday morning.
Forensic team and dog squad tried to trace the killers but without success. Top officials of the police, including the senior superintendent of police of Mathura inspected the crime scene and tried to find out the identity of the victim but their efforts went in vain. Later, a case was registered and the body was sent for autopsy. Further investigations are on.
Reports said that on Sunday morning, the semi-naked body of a 20-year-old girl was found lying in a closed pump house near the circulating area of Mathura junction. Prima facie it appeared to be a case of murder after gang-rape.
On getting information, SSP Shailesh Kumar Pandey, SP (City) MP Singh, CO (City) Abhishek Tiwari, Kotwali in-charge Sanjay Kumar Pandey reached the spot. The SSP also called the dog squad and forensic team. The dog squad made several rounds of the crime scene, but no clue was found.
According to the police, the girl had died two-three days back and her clothes were so dirty that even their colour could not be ascertained properly. The girl was probably killed somewhere else after rape and later her body was dumped in the pump house.
Police are waiting for the post-mortem report and have alerted the cops of neighbouring police stations to help them in ascertaining the identity of the victim.
In Bahraich, the mutilated body of a teenage girl, missing for the last five days, was recovered on Sunday morning. The family members named two persons, alleging that they killed the girl and later dumped the body to conceal the crime.
Reports said that Kishori of a village in Katarniaghat police station area went missing on the night of April 25. On the next morning, the family named two local youths, alleging that they kidnapped the girl and apprehended that she might be killed. Five days after the incident, on Sunday, the mutilated body of the missing girl was found lying in a pond near the village.
As soon as the information about the dead body reached the house of the deceased, they staged a demonstration, accusing the local police of negligence leading to the death of the victim. The cops sent the body for autopsy and are waiting for the autopsy report.
Meanwhile, a young girl was found lying unconscious without any clothes in a garden in Siddharthnagar. There were several injury marks on her body.
The local police shifted her to the district hospital from where the doctors referred her to the medical college hospital in Gorakhpur in view of her critical condition. On the complaint of the father, the police registered a case of gang-rape against unknown persons. The incident took place under the Chilhiya police station area.
Reports said that the 22-year-old girl was found unconscious in a garden 200 metres away from her village on Saturday evening. There were injury marks on the girl's body at many places, suggesting that she struggled to free herself from the clutches of the accused. Some of her clothes, slippers and eatables were found lying under a neem tree 50 metres away from the body.
SP Amit Kumar Anand, SOG in-charge Sheshnath Yadav inspected the spot. The cops are waiting for the girl to regain consciousness to record her statement.