A 12-year-old girl was raped and brutally murdered at Manuabhan Tekri area of the State Capital at on Tuesday. The body was recovered in the morning and the police have nabbed an 18-year-old youth for the crime.
Panic prevailed in Manuabhan Tekri area after body was recovered on Wednesday of a missing girl who went to the spot on Tuesday.
In the initial investigation, the body was found with torn clothes which suggested that the deceased was sexually assaulted before she was smashed to death by a boulder.
Addl SP Zone 3 Manu Vyas said that the accused Avinash Sahu along with deceased and her aunt had gone to Manuabhan Tekri where she was raped and murdered by the accused. Boyfriend of victim’s aunt was found as the rapist and killer.
Victim’s aunt is a student of class 12 of the same school where the deceased used to study and was not aware of the incident. After the body was recovered, the killer accompanying victim’s aunt remained present at all the places misleading police over the crime.
The deceased was raped before she was killed by the accused. Fearing that the victim would report the incident accused killed her smashed her head and dumped her near the spot.
Police have registered a case under sections 363, 376 and 302 of the IPC and different sections of the POCSO Act.
The girl had gone missing on Tuesday evening from the Koh-e-Fiza area and a missing complaint was lodged.
The girl was a class 8 student in Holy Cross School and on Tuesday afternoon around 3.30 pm she left for coaching and instead of going to class in Karond she reached Manuabhan Tekri along with her aunt Pushpa Vishwas, a student of class 12 and her boyfriend Avinash Sahu on Tuesday evening where she was raped and murdered by Avinash.
Police have arrested Avinash and his aide Justin.