MEERUT: Tension prevailed in Baraut area of Baghpat district on Sunday following the discovery of the body of a six-year-old girl with stab wounds on the head and injuries in private parts. The body was lying in an under-construction building on the village outskirts. She is suspected to have been raped and murdered.
A neighbour of the victim, Sandeep Kumar, has been arrested in connection with the crime. He has been booked under sections of kidnapping, murder, rape and provisions of the POCSO Act.
A force has been deployed in the area to maintain law and order.
Abhishek Singh, additional SP, Baraut, reached the spot after the villagers staged a protest on seeing the injuries of the girl.
Ajay Kumar Sharma, SHO of Baraut police station, told TOI that the matter came to light on Sunday evening when the victim’s parents called police on being informed by a villager that their child’s body was lying in the under-construction site. The child had been playing outside her house, her parents said,
“We have detained a couple of people, including the person who informed the family. An FIR is being filed and the body has been sent for post-mortem. We have already deployed the forensic team and a dog squad to gather evidence from the spot,” added the SHO.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
