A minor girl was kidnapped, raped and murdered in Fatehpur and her body was found in a corn field on Friday morning.
As per reports, a 15-year-old girl from Doyang area of Fatehpur went missing on Wednesday evening. A neighbour, Ajay was also found missing so the girl’s family suspected that he had kidnapped the girl but refrained from reporting the matter to the police to save ‘family honour’.
On Friday morning, when the girl’s family found Ajay roaming, they enquired about the missing girl but he denied having any knowledge about her whereabouts. The family later informed the local police.
Subsequently, Ajay was picked up and grilled during which he confessed that he killed the girl and dumped her body in a nearby field. On his input, the police recovered the girl’s body.
Circumstantial evidences suggested that the girl had been raped before being murdered. Ajay was arrested and the police were looking for his father who was aware of the incident but concealed the crime.
Elsewhere in Basti, the body of a 22-year-old youth was found hanging from a tree in Kaptanganj area on Friday.
Ashok Kumar of Kajrikund Vihar in Kaptanganj went missing on Thursday night and his body was found hanging in nearby Parsauli area on Friday morning. His family suspected it to be a murder case after which a case was registered and the police were waiting for the autopsy before starting a probe.
Meanwhile in Azamgarh, the body of Dipal Jaiswal (23) of Jyanpur Kasba in Hassanpatti area was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room on Thursday night. Though the police termed it as a suicide, the victim’s father Kamlesh suspected foul play. The body was sent for autopsy and investigations were on.
Lastly in Maharajganj, a 14-year-old girl was charred to death on Friday morning.
Annu of Rajjawal hamlet of Ghughli was cooking when due to leakage in gas cylinder, a fire broke out in the kitchen in which the girl suffered serious burns. She was rushed by her family to district hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.