AGRA: A badly mutilated body of a three-year-old girl was found near a garbage pile on Sunday in Aligarh’s Tappal area.

According to police, the girl had gone missing a couple of days ago following which her parents filed an abduction complaint on May 31. On Sunday morning, her body was discovered by a garbage collector, who alerted the locals. The girl’s father works as a labourer while her mother is a homemaker.

As the news of the incident spread, local residents blocked the traffic on the Tappal-Palwal road and demanded immediate action against the accused.

The police rushed to the spot to pacify the crowd. The girl’s family members alleged if the police had acted on time, their daughter’s life would have been saved.

Talking to TOI, the girl's grandfather said that she was playing outside her home before she suddenly disappeared. “We all started looking for her and after we failed to locate her, we lodged a police complaint,” he said.

He alleged that his neighbour, Mohammad Jahed, had threatened him with dire consequences a few days ago after being asked to repay Rs 10,000, which the latter had borrowed for his father’s treatment. Meanwhile, the girl's mother alleged that "black magic" was used to kill her daughter.

"The postmortem report of the girl was inconclusive as the body was badly disintegrated," said SP (rural) Manilal Patidar. He said the girl’s vaginal swab will be tested to determine the exact cause of death.

In a tweet from its official twitter handle, Aligarh Police has said that the postmortem report showed no signs of rape. The police, in its tweet further said that the girl was killed due to a dispute regarding money between Jahed and the girl's family.

Patidar said all possible angles were being investigated in the case. He told TOI that a case had been registered against Jahed under section 363 (kidnapping) on May 31. Section 302 (murder) was added to it on Sunday after the girl’s body was found.