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JAIPUR: A six-year-old was kidnapped and allegedly raped and murdered in Tonk district’s Aligarh police station area. The girl had gone missing on Saturday afternoon and her body was found on Sunday morning behind some bushes. Cops are looking for the accused who have not been identified.

The Class I student was last seen on Saturday afternoon around 3pm leaving her school where she had gone to attend a sports

event. When she did not reach home, the family started a frantic search for the missing child, but she was not found anywhere.

Investigating officer Jaggu Ram told TOI, “The child was last seen when she was leaving the school. Her body was found on Sunday morning behind thick bushes close to a field by the locals who were searching for her. She has been strangled with her own school belt which was found on her throat. The postmortem report is awaited.”

Cops claimed that the evidence suggested that she was also raped prior to the murder though it is still unclear if the assault was done by one or more persons.

‘Sexual assault on child before murder likely’

“Although the medical report will give more details, it seems that the accused had sexually assaulted the child before killing her. We do not know as yet as to who or how many persons committed the crime as no one saw the girl after she left the school,” added the police official.

The girl’s body was handed over to the family after autopsy and she has been cremated. A case under Pocso Act and IPC sections has been registered.

The brutality of the heinous crime has not only shaken the villagers but also the cops. “In my decades of career, I have never seen such a crime and the sight of the girl lying in the bushes was a traumatic one. Even though I am a police official, I will take some time recover from it,” the investigating officer said.

Four-year-old raped in Churu

A 4-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth in Churu district’s Bhanipur police station area on Saturday evening. The rape survivor’s grandfather registered a case claiming that the crime was committed by a 21-year-old youth from the village. The girl’s medical examination was done following the complaint and police are looking for the accused.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)



In Video: 6-yr-old raped, strangled to death in Rajasthan’s Tonk