SUSPECT PLANNED RAPE, MURDER OF BAWANA MINOR FOR DAYS: POLICE

Two days after a 27-year-old man was arrested from Asansol in West Bengal for kidnapping, raping and brutally murdering a five-year-old girl in Delhi’s Bawana, the police said that the accused had been planning the crime and his escape for days.

On March 24, the accused allegedly lured the minor to an abandoned factory, where she was raped, bludgeoned to death with a brick, and her throat was slit. Her body was hidden inside another factory, and was only found three days later when the accused was arrested, police said.

Senior police officers, aware of the matter said the accused, originally from Asansol, had planned the crime for days. According to the police, the accused and the girl’s parents, who operate a tea stall, have known each other for years as they live in the same locality in Bawana.

On Sunday afternoon, he took the girl to a factory on the pretext of offering her food, but raped her. He then killed her and escaped to Kolkata by train, they added.

Investigators said the accused then travelled to Howrah, and took another train to Asansol. “He killed the girl because he knew he would be caught. He has known the family since the girl was born. He knew she could easily identify him” an officer said on condition of anonymity.

“We identified him with the help of CCTV footage and followed him to his home town and arrested him on Wednesday... We questioned him and found that he had planned the rape and murder. He specifically chose the time around Holi since he knew most of the factories around the area would be shut . We also found that he had conducted a recce to find an abandoned factory to commit the crime and later hid the body,” he added.

POLICE SAID THE SUSPECT KILLED THE GIRL AS HE KNEW HE WOULD BE CAUGHT