A 17-year-old girl was found dead near her house in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, PTI reported on Wednesday. The police said th...
A 17-year-old girl was found dead near her house in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, PTI reported on Wednesday. The police said the minor was raped before being killed with a sharp weapon. No arrests have been made so far.
The incident took place on Monday when the girl had gone to a neighbouring town to fill up an online scholarship application form. Her parents informed the police when she did not return home.
The body was discovered by a few boys from the village who went to a dried-up pond, around 500 metres from her home, to cut grass on Tuesday morning, reported The Indian Express. After recovering her mutilated body, the police said there were injury marks on her neck and a part of her leg seemed to have been devoured by a stray animal.
“Yes, the postmortem report has confirmed rape,” said Superintendent of Police Satendra Kumar Singh, according to NDTV. “We are making all possible efforts to identify and arrest the accused. We hope to have a breakthrough soon.” Singh added that the investigating teams have collected some vital clues.
Her parents said their only demand now was justice. “She was like my son – even if someone tried to molest her, she would have fought with all her might...
