Gorakhpur: A man out on bail in a case of sodomy of a minor boy had abducted, raped and killed a seven-years-old girl in Belhar area of Sant Kabir Nagar district.
Police sent him to jail on Sunday after he confessed to the crime during interrogation following his arrest on Saturday.
Police recovered the body of the girl after the accused revealed the location where he had buried it.
On Sunday morning, IG Basti zone, Anil Kumar Rai and SP Brijesh Singh reached the village and pacified the agitated locals by assuring them of stern action against the accused. Heavy police force has been deployed in the village.
A seven-years-old girl of Aurahiya-Manjharia village in Belhar area of Sant Kabir Nagar district had gone missing on Wednesday and her clothes were found near a forest close to the village three hours later. The girl, a class IV student, was the daughter of a farmer.
On the written complaint of the girl’s father, Belhar police registered a case of kidnapping against unidentified persons.
On Saturday, police arrested 27 years old Lal Bahadur, a resident of Akholna village, in Belhar police station area.
During interrogation, he confessed to the crime and told police that he had kidnapped the girl from a field when she was alone and took her to Siyarahwa Ghat two kilometre away where he raped and killed her and then buried the body near a nullah closeby, said senior police officers.
SP Sant Kabir Nagar Brijesh Singh said the accused has been booked under Sections 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence), 363 (Punishment for kidnapping), 302 (murder), 376 (rape) of the IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and was sent to jail on Sunday. The accused had earlier also been arrested on charges of unnatural rape and was lodged in Basti jail. He had been released on bail three months ago.