Madhya Pradesh: Uncle held for raping, throwing 7-year-old girl into Indira Sagar canal

The body of the girl, who had gone missing on Sunday, was recovered from the Indira Sagar canal in Madhya Pradesh on Monday

Published on: Jan 28, 2026, 20:08:37 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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Bhopal: A 28-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping and killing his seven-year-old niece in Madhya Pradesh’s Barwani district, police said.

The uncle allegedly threw her body into a canal after raping her. “The body of the girl, who had gone missing on Sunday, was recovered from the Indira Sagar canal on Monday,” Barwani Superintendent of Police (SP) Jagdish Dawar said.

According to the postmortem report, she had been raped before being thrown into the canal. “There were severe injury marks on her body. It appears she may have been unconscious when she was thrown in, and she ultimately died due to drowning,” an officer said.

Police said the girl was last seen with her uncle, who initially misled investigators for two days before confessing to the crime on Wednesday.

“The accused is the brother of the girl’s stepfather. On Sunday night, while family members were asleep and the father was away in the fields for irrigation, the accused took the girl to a nearby field and raped her,” the officer said.

“He then threw her into the canal to kill her. When the family woke up and found her missing, they began searching, but she was later discovered dead in the canal,” the officer added.

The uncle was arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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