Girl was given sedatives meant for horses

CHANDIGARH: With the arrest of an assistant attached with a veterinarian employed by a former Haryana minister Nirmal Singh, police on Wednesday solved the murder mystery of the six-year-old girl who was found killed at a stud farm in Yamunanagar district.

With visible marks of sexual abuse and slashed throat, the body of the girl, who had gone missing from her house, was found on June 3 in a water channel of the stud farm owned by Nirmal. The accused has been identified as Devi Singh.

According to information, the accused, during interrogation, confessed to have injected a heavy dose of sedative -- meant for horses -- into the victim.

Following that he had consumed alcohol and sexually abused the girl.

Accused told police that he had raped the victim thrice. Initially, he thought that the girl had died due to heavy dosage of the sedative but he cut her throat as she gained consciousness, he said. Soon after the murder, he returned to work and started behaving strangely, police added.

“During investigation, we had picked up four people. Based on the evidences collected from the spot and corroborating substances recovered from the premises, we zeroed in on Devi. During interrogation he revealed everything,” said Yamunanagar superintendent of police (SP) Rajesh Kalia.

Devi is a native of Rajasthan and had been attached to a vet for the past 11 years.