In yet another shocking incident, a six-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Etah on Saturday night.
Just a day before, on Friday, a high school student was gang-raped and brutally murdered in Gonda after which two persons were arrested.
In the latest incident at Etah, the body of a girl, who went missing on Friday evening, was found in a vacant plot behind a private hospital in Awagarh area late in the night.
The minor victim’s father is a local garment businessman. In the autopsy, it was revealed that the girl died due to asphyxiation. The girl had injury marks on her private parts. The doctors, who carried out the autopsy added that the victim was sexually assaulted before being murdered.
A case of rape, murder and POCSO Act was registered against unidentified accused and investigations were underway.
After the incident, the agitated residents of Awagarh blocked traffic on Agra-Etah road for over 45 minutes in protest against the horrific crime.
The police are examining CCTV footage to identify the accused. Senior officials visited the girl's house and assured strict action against the culprits.
"The cause of the murder is not known yet. The girl's parents have also not accused anyone of the murder. We are examining CCTV footage of the area from where the girl went missing while playing outside her house in the evening,” said SHO of Awagarh police station, Vinod Kumar.
Earlier on Saturday, two men accused of gang-rape and murder of a minor girl, were arrested in an encounter within 12 hours of the crime in Gonda. The police team was rewarded Rs 50,000 for its swift action. The accused were identified as Mahesh Yadav and Sanjay.
“The minor girl had gone out around 8 pm on Friday but did not return. Her family got worried and after searching for around half an hour, they found her body in a field about 100 metres from the house,” the police said.
Now efforts are being made to arrest the remaining accused.