The physique of a 12-year-old woman was present in a backyard in Kanpur Dehat district on Thursday morning, hours after she went lacking from her house.
The autopsy revealed that the woman had been strangled to loss of life. While no harm was discovered on her personal elements, her vaginal swab has been despatched for additional testing.
Police have booked an unidentified individual beneath IPC sections 302 (homicide), 364 (kidnapping or abduction for homicide) and 376 AB (rape beneath 12 years of age) in addition to safety of kids from sexual rape. And a homicide case has been registered. Offenses (POCSO) Act. “We got information in the morning that the body of a 12-year-old girl was found lying in a village. The body was found in an orchard about 500 meters away from his house. According to her family members, they had all slept in the night and the girl was sleeping with her sisters and grandmother. They have no idea when and how she left the house. The next morning when the family members did not find him in bed, they started looking for him. Later the body was found in the garden and the police was informed,” stated Keshav Kumar Choudhary, superintendent of police (Kanpur Dehat).
“Based on the postmortem report and our investigation, we are going to take additional motion. Teams are additionally being shaped to establish the accused.”
The woman’s household works as farm labourers.
Additional SP Ghanshyam stated that although medical doctors couldn’t discover proof of sexual assault, the vaginal swab of the woman has been despatched for additional testing. “The medical doctors informed me that the woman was strangled. Till now the members of the family haven’t raised any suspicion in opposition to anybody and the police is probing from all potential angles.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
