UP: 13-year-old girl raped, brutally murdered in Lakhimpur Kheri

BAREILLY: A 13-year-old Dalit girl was raped and murdered for defecating in a farmland in Pakaria village of Isanagar area in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district late on Friday.
The girl was missing after she had gone to relieve herself in the field. She was found dead in the cane field later.
There were injury marks on her eyes and tongue suggesting that she was tortured before being strangled to death, said sources.
Police have registered an FIR against Sanjay Kumar and Santosh under IPC section 302 (murder) and SC/ST Act at Isanagar police station and both the accused were detained on Saturday.
Later section 376d (gang-rape) and POCSO were added in the FIR after autopsy confirmed the sexual assault.
SHO Isanagar told TOI, “The accused Sanjay had a tiff with the girl's family over defecating in his farmland in the past. The girl was found in his cane field and family had named him in their complaint. During interrogation, Sanjay has accepted to have killed the girl along with Santosh, who is also a Dalit. The eyes of the girl were not gouged out but there were visible injuries on her eyes caused by sharp sugarcane leaves".