Hours after the body of a seven-year-old girl in Odisha’s Balasore district was found near a pond on Monday morning, police said her 21-year-old uncle and his sister-in-law had murdered the minor as she had seen them in a compromising position multiple times.
On Sunday evening, the girl’s family had lodged a police complaint regarding her disappearance. On Monday morning, local people found the girl’s body near a pond.
The police said they have arrested a 21-year-old man, a distant uncle of the girl, with whom she stayed for her education.
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“The girl had reportedly seen the man and his sister-in-law in a compromising position several times. They used to bribe her with money. However, the duo was scared the child may reveal their secret so they hatched a plan to get rid of her. On December 11 morning, the man lured his niece out of the house with the promise of making her a cricket bat out of dried coconut stem and then slit her throat at a desolate place. He then buried the body near the pond. There is no evidence to suggest a sexual assault on the girl,” an officer said.
The woman has been detained and would be arrested.
{{/usCountry}}The woman has been detained and would be arrested.
{{/usCountry}}Meanwhile, the girl’s family demanded stringent action against the killers. “I want strict action against those who had killed my child,” said her mother.