AGRA: The body of a 6-year-old girl, daughter of a local garment businessman, was found in a vacant plot behind a private hospital in Etah's Awagarh area on Friday night.
The autopsy conducted by a panel of three doctors revealed that the girl died due to asphyxiation. On the basis of the injury on her private parts, the doctors added that the girl was sexually assaulted before being murdered.
Soon after the gruesome incident, people in Awagarh protested and blocked traffic on Agra-Etah road for over 45 minutes. Police requested the protestors to give them two days to investigate the matter. Later in the evening, district magistrate (DM) Ankit Kumar Agarwal and SSP Udai Shanker Singh reached the victims' house and assured family members of timely action against the culprits.
SHO, Awagarh, Vinod Kumar, told TOI, "The cause of the murder is not known yet. The girl's parents have also not accused anyone of the murder. We are examining CCTV footage of the area from where the girl went missing while playing outside her house in the evening."
Speaking about the matter, additional superintendent of police, Dhananjay Singh Kushwaha, said, "On the basis of the complaint received from the victim's father, an FIR has been registered under IPC sections of rape and murder. Four teams are involved in the investigation of the case. Apart from that, we are working on some crucial leads and are confident that the culprit will be arrested very soon."
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
