Minor raped, murdered; 2 neighbours arrested Class-12 student main accused in K’shetra girl’s rape, murder ›

Family says the girl had gone out to throw garbage on Saturday night but did not return

POLICE RECOVER HALFBURNT CLOTHES OF THE VICTIM FROM THE TWO ACCUSED

PANIPAT: Two days after a girl’s brutalised body was found near a canal in Jind’s Safidon town, a similar incident was reported in the adjoining district of Panipat.

A semi-naked body of a 11-year-old Dalit girl was recovered from a deserted place on the outskirts of Urlana Kalan village of Panipat district on Sunday morning.

Police have arrested two persons, identified as Pradeep Kumar, 28, and Sagar, 22, who are residents of the same village in connection with the case.

Panipat superintendent of police Rahul Sharma said that the accused are the girl’s neighbours and have confessed to the crime.

“As per a family member, the girl, a student of Class 6, had gone missing on Saturday evening when she went to throw the garbage. Her body was spotted by the police the next morning, who called the police,” the SP said.

Soon after getting information, police reached the village and started investigation. “The police suspected the involvement of the two neighbours. During interrogation , the duo admitted to the

Why did the police take three days to find my daughter? Had the police acted on our complaint quickly, our daughter may have been alive. VICTIM’S FATHER

crime. We have also recovered half burnt clothes of the victim from their possession,” the SP said.

As per police sources, the accused told the police that they had kidnapped the girl on Saturday night and taken her to a deserted place, where they tried to rape her. When the girl tried to resist, they strangulated her with a scarf.

They have even reportedly admitted to trying to have sex with the corpse after murdering the girl.

Madlauda police station in-charge Sandeep Kumar said the postmortem has been conducted and the body was handed over to the family.

The accused have been booked under Section 302 (murder), 366 (Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and prevention of children from sexual offences (POCSO) Act. KARNAL: Two days after a 15-yearold girl’s brutalised body was found near a canal in Budhakhera village of Jind’s Safidon town, police have detained six people of her native village of Jhansa in Kurukshetra district.

Police said the main accused is a Class-12 student, who lives in the victim’s neighbourhood. His name has not been disclosed by the police, as he is suspected to be a minor. The police, however, is trying to verify his age.

Police said teams have been formed to arrest the Class-12 student, who is still on the run.

“The police have detained some people suspecting their involvement but the main accused is still at large. We are conducting raids to arrest him,” said Kurukshetra superintendent of police Abhishek Garg.

FAMILY DEMANDS JUSTICE

The girl’s body was cremated on Sunday. Speaking to mediapersons, the victim’s father said, “My daughter was killed brutally, I want justice for her. I cannot fight a long battle for justice but I appeal to the police to send her criminals behind the bars.”

The victim had gone missing on January 9 when she had left home for tuition. A complaint was filed by the family members the same day.

“Why did the police take three days to find our daughter? Had the police acted on our complaint quickly, our daughter may have been alive,” the victim’s father said.

The 15-year-old’s semi-naked body was recovered near Budhakheda village of Jind district on Friday evening.