Jalandhar: 6-year-old girl found raped, murdered
A six-year-old girl went missing on Saturday evening and was allegedly raped and then killed in Punjab's Jalandhar district.
The police informed that her body was found in a sugarcane field in Hazara village located on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur road on Sunday.
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The victim's parents belong to Bihar and work as laborer, they had lodged a complaint about their missing child after they failed to find her home when they returned from work.
Santosh, who stays near their home and is a distant relative of victim's family, told them that he took her on a bicycle to get biscuits and later left her back at home.
The police stated that when the girl's parents started searching her in nearby areas, Santosh absconded.
Later, the family lodged a complaint against Santosh, a police official said.
Adding, the girl's body was found on Sunday.
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Initial investigations suggested that the girl was raped and then killed. The body has been sent for post mortem.
A case of kidnapping, rape and murder under the IPC and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been registered, the police said.
Adding that efforts were on to nab Santosh.
-PTC News
