A six-year-old daughter of a daily wage labourer, who went out to celebrate Holi on Thursday, was raped and hacked to death by an intoxicated teenager in Turkapally village here.
According to a report in The Hindu, the girl’s mutilated body was found dumped in the bushes and prima facie the police suspect that she was raped and murdered.
A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Child Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, has been registered against the accused, who is a native of West Champaran district in Bihar.
A missing person case was registered at Alwal police station after the girl went missing and her family members were unable to find her anywhere.
The police then launched a search operation which led to the discovery of the girl’s body in the bushes. The accused was taken into custody and a probe is on, the report said.
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