AClass XI girl was murdered by her own cousin who tried to rape her in Greater Noida on Monday. The accused strangled her after she resisted his attempts. Her body was discovered under the bed at her home on Tuesday morning. Six month earlier, the accused had also molested her but the matter was resolved in the family.
Police have arrested the accused, identified as Anil (22), a resident of Mandawali area of Delhi, and further investigation is on.
Police said the victim lived along with her mother at her rented accommodation at Kulesra village. She was studying in a private school in phase-II industrial area near her home.
Police said the incident reportedly took place around 4 pm, when the victim returned home after school. As she knocked on the door, the accused was already present at her home.
"Accused Anil had come to meet her. As she entered the room, he dragged her on bed and tried to rape her but when she resisted, he strangulated her with the help of a piece of cloth and hid the body under the bed," said Abhishek Yadav, superintendent of police (rural), Gautam Budh Nagar.
Police said the victim’s father had died five years ago and mother worked in a private company. The victim’s mother returned home from duty around 8.30pm. She found that Anil was sitting in her house and her daughter was missing from there. Police said.
"Her mother asked Anil about her daughter, he told that she had gone to meet her friend but he was nervous while answering. She noticed scratch marks on Anil’s face and called neighbours for help to search daughter. Anil however tried to escape but the neighbours caught him and asked about the girl. He confessed about strangulating her and dumping the body under the bed," Yadav said.
The matter was informed to local police. Police later sent the body for postmortem and detained the accused. "The accused had tried to molest the victim six months ago but the matter did not go to police. Her mother had scolded him not to come to her residence," Yadav added. "We have arrested the accused under appropriate s sections of IPC. He was produced in the court and he has been sent to 14-day judicial custody," SPRA further said.