Kerala: 5-year-old girl raped and strangulated to death
A shocking incident happened in Kerala's Kochi wherein a five-year-old girl was brutally raped and strangled to death after she was abducted by a migrant worker from her house on Friday. After recovering the body of the girl, dumped in a sack in a marshy area behind a local market in the nearby Aluva today, they sent it for autopsy. The autopsy report confirmed that the minor girl was brutally raped and strangled to death The girl went missing on Friday and the man was arrested later in the day.
"We received the complaint at 7.10 PM and an FIR was registered before 8 PM on Friday. Our team checked the CCTV visuals and found that the child was with the labourer. We apprehended him at 9.30 PM itself.
However, he was in an inebriated state and the child was not with him," Ernakulam Rural SP, Vivek Kumar told PTI news agency. Based on the CCTV visuals, police arrested the labourer hailing from Bihar, who was staying in a room on the first floor of the building where the child's family was residing. Police said initially on Friday night they found it difficult to interrogate and gather details from the accused who was intoxicated.
"Today morning, he confessed to the crime. However, he also tried to mislead the investigation team," Kochi Range DIG, Srinivas A, told reporters here. Earlier in the day, locals informed the police of seeing the child with the migrant worker near the market area on Friday.
Police rushed to the spot, searched the area along with the locals, and recovered the girl's body. People said the land behind the market is an isolated area and is also a waste dump site. The area was frequented by anti-social elements and alcohol and drug consumption was rampant there, they said.
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