PANCHKULA: A 14-year-old

girl

strangulated an eight-year-old girl over Rs 10 and dumped her body in a pond in Barwala, police said on Monday after registering a murder case.

Nand Kishore, who has been residing in Bhagwanpur village, Barwala, for 25 years, said he could not find his daughter, Jamuna, on Saturday evening and approached the police. On Sunday afternoon, a local resident found the body of the girl floating in the pond in Bhagwanpur. Villagers suspected she had been raped and murdered. Cops and forensic experts were called to the spot.

Police investigation revealed the victim was playing with her relative, Sapna, the 14-year-old, at a ground on Saturday. The two started fighting after the girl demanded Rs 10 from Sapna. She allegedly strangulated her. When the girl fell unconscious, Sapna allegedly dumped her in the 5-foot-deep pond situated next to the playing ground and left for her home.

Both Sapna and Jamuna used to go school together.

Cops took the body to the mortuary at General Hospital, Sector 6. Police registered a case against Sapna under Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) at the Chandimandir police station.