Ghaziabad: A 13-year-old girl was found hanging in her room on Wednesday, days after she was allegedly assaulted and first met on Instagram.
On Wednesday afternoon, the girl went to her room after returning from a medical test with her parents. Two hours later his mother opened his bedroom door and found him hanging from the ceiling fan. The accused, Himanshu Soni (22) – who works with his father at his jewelery store in Modinagar – was arrested on Wednesday.
Police said that the girl was friends with Himanshu for about six months. “They met on Instagram and started talking to each other after exchanging numbers. On Monday, the accused invited the girl near his house for the first time. They went to a hotel in Modi Nagar. As the owner knew Himanshu. was, so the staff gave him a room without identification,'' said Subhash Chandra Pandey, SHO of Modinagar police station.
The young man resisted Himanshu's efforts, but was beaten to death. “He slapped her a few times and forced himself on her. After about two hours, he left the girl at some distance from her neighborhood. He locked himself in his room and his parents. He also gave up his food when asked not to disturb him,'' said Pandey.
When her parents finally managed to get her to open the door, they found her crying. “After much explanation, he spoke to his parents and told them what had happened,” the SHO said.
While going out on Monday, the girl had told her parents that she would attend a friend's birthday party.
“We found some injury marks on her neck. When we asked her about them, she told everything,” her father said. “My daughter was in class VIII and was a bright student. . He topped his class last year with 92 per cent marks,” he added.
After the girl's parents filed a complaint, the police asked for a medical test on Wednesday.
“Since our daughter was depressed, on our way back we took her to a restaurant for lunch. After we returned home around 4 pm, she went to her room and we went for a nap. Her mother woke up around 6 pm and went to our daughter's room to check on her and found her hanging from the ceiling fan,'' the father added.
DCP (Rural) Vivek Yadav said the owner of the hotel where Himanshu took the girl on Monday has also been arrested along with her younger brother. He said the CCTV footage showed the duo entering the room at 6.53 pm and leaving at 8.30 pm.
“Following a complaint by her father, an FIR was registered against Himanshu under sections 376 (rape) and 363 (kidnapping) of the IPC and provisions of the POCSO Act. The accused was arrested from his house on Wednesday morning. The hotel owner and her brother were also picked up and the girl's statement was conducted late that night has been sent for post-mortem, the report of which is awaited.
On Wednesday afternoon, the girl went to her room after returning from a medical test with her parents. Two hours later his mother opened his bedroom door and found him hanging from the ceiling fan. The accused, Himanshu Soni (22) – who works with his father at his jewelery store in Modinagar – was arrested on Wednesday.
Police said that the girl was friends with Himanshu for about six months. “They met on Instagram and started talking to each other after exchanging numbers. On Monday, the accused invited the girl near his house for the first time. They went to a hotel in Modi Nagar. As the owner knew Himanshu. was, so the staff gave him a room without identification,'' said Subhash Chandra Pandey, SHO of Modinagar police station.
The young man resisted Himanshu's efforts, but was beaten to death. “He slapped her a few times and forced himself on her. After about two hours, he left the girl at some distance from her neighborhood. He locked himself in his room and his parents. He also gave up his food when asked not to disturb him,'' said Pandey.
When her parents finally managed to get her to open the door, they found her crying. “After much explanation, he spoke to his parents and told them what had happened,” the SHO said.
While going out on Monday, the girl had told her parents that she would attend a friend's birthday party.
“We found some injury marks on her neck. When we asked her about them, she told everything,” her father said. “My daughter was in class VIII and was a bright student. . He topped his class last year with 92 per cent marks,” he added.
After the girl's parents filed a complaint, the police asked for a medical test on Wednesday.
“Since our daughter was depressed, on our way back we took her to a restaurant for lunch. After we returned home around 4 pm, she went to her room and we went for a nap. Her mother woke up around 6 pm and went to our daughter's room to check on her and found her hanging from the ceiling fan,'' the father added.
DCP (Rural) Vivek Yadav said the owner of the hotel where Himanshu took the girl on Monday has also been arrested along with her younger brother. He said the CCTV footage showed the duo entering the room at 6.53 pm and leaving at 8.30 pm.
“Following a complaint by her father, an FIR was registered against Himanshu under sections 376 (rape) and 363 (kidnapping) of the IPC and provisions of the POCSO Act. The accused was arrested from his house on Wednesday morning. The hotel owner and her brother were also picked up and the girl's statement was conducted late that night has been sent for post-mortem, the report of which is awaited.