A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped, murdered and her body thrown from the roof of a house in Ghaziabad city on Friday, police said, adding that they have arrested the accused. The police said that the 27-year-old arrested accused is a relative of the minor.
Police said the incident took place on Friday night, and the body of the minor was recovered around 2 am on Saturday morning.
The girl had come to visit her maternal grandparents’ house, about 10 km from her parents’ residence, and had been staying there for the past 15 days, police said, adding that the accused’s house was located in Ghaziabad city. is attached.
“She went missing on Friday night. It was around 10.30 pm when we started looking for her. We searched our rooftop but she was nowhere to be found,” said the girl’s maternal uncle.
Some children of the neighborhood said that he was called by a relative living in the house next door. When we questioned him, he tried to avoid the questions. After that we called the police,” he said.
Police say that the accused is married with children but his wife does not live with him due to some marital disputes.
“We picked up five suspects, including the main accused in the incident. After detailed interrogation, one of them confessed that he had sexually assaulted the girl and killed her when she threatened him. “That she would reveal these acts to her family. He also said that he dumped her body on the adjacent roof of the girl’s maternal grandparents’ house and went back to sleep,” said Nipan Aggarwal, Deputy Commissioner. of Police (DCP) (City) said.
Police said they also recovered slippers worn by the girl and a towel from the accused’s room, which may contain biological evidence.
“We assisted forensics and collected evidence to build a strong case. The girl also had deep injury marks on her throat which were caused by nails. The girl was taken to hospital after she was found thrown on the roof. But the doctors declared her brought dead. We have sent the body for post-mortem, and the report will tell if she was strangled,” added DCP Aggarwal.
Police said they have received a complaint from the girl’s parents and will soon file a First Information Report to charge the accused under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act. will be imposed.
