LUCKNOW: A six-year-old girl, missing from her Saadatganj home since 4pm on Sunday, was found dead with her throat slit 2km away in another house in Thakurganj four hours later.
One person has been arrested and a 13-member police probe team formed.
The child's family members alleged that police didn't act promptly after she was reported missing. Along with local residents, they gheraoed Saadatganj police station and raised slogans. Police had to use batons to restore order. The area was tense, with forces from six police stations and PAC deployed, till the filing of this report late in the night.
According to police, the girl was last seen with a man who worked with her father.
Police took time to arrest the accused, says girl’s father
The father of the girl said her body was found under the bed of the same man.
He also claimed that police took time to arrest the accused even after the family lodged a missing report at the nearest outpost. ASP (West) Vikas Tripathi denied the allegation. He said police raided the house of the 30-year-old accused in Thakurganj soon after receiving the report. “The child was found with her throat slit in the house. She was in a dishevelled state. The accused has been arrested. We are interrogating him,” Tripathi said. The body has been sent to KGMU for autopsy, which will ascertain if she was sexually assaulted before being killed, the officer added.
Saadatganj SHO Mahesh Singh said the accused might be an uncle of the victim, but the family denied the same while speaking to reporters.
One person has been arrested and a 13-member police probe team formed.
The child's family members alleged that police didn't act promptly after she was reported missing. Along with local residents, they gheraoed Saadatganj police station and raised slogans. Police had to use batons to restore order. The area was tense, with forces from six police stations and PAC deployed, till the filing of this report late in the night.
According to police, the girl was last seen with a man who worked with her father.
Police took time to arrest the accused, says girl’s father
The father of the girl said her body was found under the bed of the same man.
He also claimed that police took time to arrest the accused even after the family lodged a missing report at the nearest outpost. ASP (West) Vikas Tripathi denied the allegation. He said police raided the house of the 30-year-old accused in Thakurganj soon after receiving the report. “The child was found with her throat slit in the house. She was in a dishevelled state. The accused has been arrested. We are interrogating him,” Tripathi said. The body has been sent to KGMU for autopsy, which will ascertain if she was sexually assaulted before being killed, the officer added.
Saadatganj SHO Mahesh Singh said the accused might be an uncle of the victim, but the family denied the same while speaking to reporters.
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