AGRA: A four-year-old girl who had been missing since Sunday evening was found dead in Aligarh’s Gonda area on Monday. The girl’s body was recovered 50 meters from her house in a paddy field. The girl’s family alleged that she was sexually assaulted as her legs were tied with a rope.
The victim’s father told TOI that she was playing outside the house before disappearing suddenly. The family searched for her but could not locate her. Police were summoned but they too failed to locate her. On Monday morning, her body was found in a paddy field. “She was raped before being murdered,” alleged her father..
Talking with TOI, circle officer (Iglas) Ashok Kumar said the post-mortem report revealed asphyxia due to drowning as the cause of death. He said a vaginal swab had been sent to the lab for testing. “Viscera has also been preserved for testing,” he said, adding that IPC section 302 (murder) had been added in the FIR and further sections would be added if anything was found in the forensic report.
