The minor’s mutilated physique stuffed in a gunny bag was recovered from the home of the accused on September 27. (Representational picture: News18)
The two accused, who’re brothers, had been arrested and despatched to jail. Their third brother, who’s a minor, was additionally held however let go after questioning, police mentioned
An eight-year-old lady discovered useless at her neighbour’s home was raped earlier than being strangled, the autopsy report has revealed, police mentioned on Thursday. Two males have been arrested in reference to the case, they added.
The minor’s mutilated physique stuffed in a gunny bag was recovered from the accused’s home on Wednesday, officers had mentioned. “A panel of three doctors who conducted the postmortem of the eight-year-old girl has confirmed that the victim was sexually assaulted and later strangulated to death,” mentioned a senior police official on Thursday.
The two accused, who’re brothers, had been arrested on Wednesday and despatched to jail on Thursday. Their third brother, who’s a minor, was additionally held however let go after questioning, the police mentioned. The primary accused has confessed to the crime, they added. He instructed the police that he had given Rs 20 to the lady to buy ‘paan masala’ and a packet of chips, the police mentioned.
When the lady returned to his home with the gadgets, he allegedly lured her inside, raped her and strangled her. Later, together with his brother’s assist, he positioned the physique inside a gunny bag, they added. A homicide case was lodged in opposition to the duo on Wednesday and based mostly on the findings of the autopsy report, they’ve now additionally been booked for rape together with related sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the police mentioned.
The lady went lacking from her home on Tuesday. The breakthrough got here after police scanned CCTV footage, which confirmed her getting into her neighbour’s home, police had mentioned on Wednesday.
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