LUCKNOW: In a suspected case of murder after rape, body of a seven-year-old girl was recovered from a field in
Tadiyawan police station in
Hardoi on Tuesday.
The girl was found missing from Monday night. The police have lodged a case of murder, rape and sexual assault on a child under protection of children from sexual offences act (
Pocso).
According to police, the girl went out on Monday night to attend nature's call had had been missing since then. His father lodged a complaint on Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, some villagers spotted a girl's body lying in a pool of blood. CO (
Hariyawa)
Shalendra Singh said that post-mortem examination has revealed strangulation as the cause of the death of the girl. Swab sample has been sent to
KGMU for confirmation of rape. He said some youths had been detained.
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