Agra Missing since Friday afternoon, a 15-year-old girl was found dead in a field in Firozabad’s Tundla area on Saturday, police said, adding the body was discovered in a badly mutilated condition.
The Firozabad police suspected that the minor girl might have been sexually assaulted and strangulated to death as a ‘dupatta’ was found near the body. They’ve registered a case under sections 302 (murder) and 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, said Sarvesh Mishra, superintendent of police (SP)-Firozabad City and also the officiating Senior SP of the district.
The postmortem examination is likely to be conducted under the supervision of a medical board, given the sensitivity of the case, officials added.
“The girl, aged 15 years, was reported to be missing since Friday 2 pm after she had gone to the village outskirts to attend the nature’s call. Even as the search for her was underway, a farmer found her body in a badly mutilated condition,” said Mishra.
“During the preliminary investigation, it was noticed that she had blackened eyes and her mouth was gagged with a stole that was also tied around her neck. The body has been sent for a postmortem examination. As per the protocol, a team of doctors, including a woman doctor, from the medical board will perform the autopsy,” Mishra added.
{{/usCountry}}“During the preliminary investigation, it was noticed that she had blackened eyes and her mouth was gagged with a stole that was also tied around her neck. The body has been sent for a postmortem examination. As per the protocol, a team of doctors, including a woman doctor, from the medical board will perform the autopsy,” Mishra added.
{{/usCountry}}Refuting claims that eyes were gouged out from the body, the officiating SSP added that police teams were constituted to identify and nab the accused at the earliest.