A 17-year-old girl was killed and her body was dumped in a field in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday afternoon.
The girl was fatally attacked when she was going to attend her computer classes in the locality. The police are yet to find out the motive behind the murder and clues to the killer’s identity.
The grisly murder came to light after some villagers of Barigaon under Ghughri police station of the district spotted the blood stained body of the girl and alerted others in the village.
The killer had slit the throat of the girl with some sharp-edged weapon and blood was spattered in the field where the body was recovered. The victim also had multiple injuries caused by some sharp-edged weapon. A bicycle was also found lying abandoned near the crime scene.
“The girl was identified as a native of a village of Kushinagar district,” the district police chief said.
He said the girl had left her house to attend class at a computer coaching centre 3.5 km from her house.
"On the way to the coaching centre, some miscreant attacked her with a sharp-edged weapon and fled the scene,'' he said.
The superintendent of police said the body was sent for autopsy and they were probing if the girl was sexually assaulted.
"Police have detained some suspects named by the family of the victim and we hope to crack the case soon," the SP said.
The incident created a sensation among the villagers who churned out several stories related to the incident but all of these had no clear clue to the killers and their motive. Police are finding out details of the victim’s acquaintances from her classmates and family members.