Uttar Pradesh: Cousin booked for rape, murder of girl in Moradabad

BAREILLY:

Moradabad Police

said on Tuesday that it has cracked the case of the seven-year-old girl who was brutalized, raped and murdered, and booked her cousin, 20, who was hiding in Delhi. He had come from Delhi to visit the family in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad. a week ago. The girl had gone missing on December 22 and was found dead in a sugarcane field 2 km from her house two days later.

Police have released a photo of the suspect and sent teams to Delhi to nab him. Earlier, cops in Moradabad had registered an FIR under

IPC

sections of rape, murder, and provisions of the Pocso Act in the case.

The girl was strangled to death and had injuries all over her body, including deep bite marks on her face.

Police zeroed in on the cousin as the main suspect after scanning CCTV footage in which the girl was seen going with him. After speaking with a few residents, they learnt that he had left for Delhi in a hurry.

Vidya Sagar Mishra

, additional SP (rural), said, “We have conclusive evidence that the girl was raped and murdered by her cousin, who lives in Delhi. We have traced his location and he is likely to be arrested in the next few hours. We have already sent the evidence for forensic tests. The girl’s family is also convinced with our findings.”

The girl was a daughter of a vegetable seller and had gone missing on Wednesday evening while she was playing outside her house. Her body was found two days later in a cane field, nearly two km from her house on Friday night . The autopsy was conducted on Saturday that confirmed that she was sexually assaulted before being killed.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)