A 55-year-old man was arrested for sexually assaulting and killing a five-year-old girl near Bhojpur temple under Obedullahganj police station area on Monday; the accused buried the deceased after sexually assaulting her on Sunday.
According to the police, the five-year-old girl was murdered after being raped by the accused Daulat
Singh.
During the investigation the police found that the
victim was last spotted with the accused in the afternoon and later she went missing and based on the information when the accused was detained and questioned he confessed to have killed the girl.
The accused used to work at the farms of the girl’s father. The accused was working at the same farms for past eight months. The family owns a shop at the temple premises.
On Sunday the girl was playing with her two and a half year old brother when Daulat reached there and took her with him.
SHO of Obedullahganj police station Manoj Singh said that the deceased went missing on Sunday and after the family members failed to find her, lodged a missing complaint and in the investigation the accused was nabbed.
The family of the accused left him a few years ago and since then he used to remain alone and later started working at the farms of the deceased girl’s father.
In the initial investigation it was found that after sexually assaulting the girl, she sustained severe injuries and afraid of the injuries, Daulat Singh strangulated the girl to death and later buried her behind the Bhojpur temple, he added.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post-mortem and the police have registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.