9-year-old girl found dead in vacant flat in Indore

A nine-year-old girl was strangled to death on Wednesday night and her body was recovered from the bathroom of an unoccupied flat at C Block, IDA colony in Nipaniya area in Indore.

A nine-year-old girl was strangled to death on Wednesday night and her body was recovered from the bathroom of an unoccupied flat at C Block, IDA colony in Nipaniya area in Indore.

Victim Vaishnavi Bohare had gone out to play and went missing around 2:30pm.

Police sources said victim Vaishnavi Bohare, resident of A Block of the same colony, had gone out to play and went missing around 2:30pm. Initially, her parents thought that she might have gone for the immersion procession along with others. As it got late, they started searching for her and found her lying in the flat.

“Initially a missing complaint had been registered by the police but her parents found her body. Four people have been detained for questioning,” said Khajrana police station in-charge AS Tomar.

Though the post mortem report is yet to be received, police said it is unlikely that the girl had been raped before being murdered. “We did not find any blood, though there were laceration marks on her leg implying that she might have been dragged,” sources said.

The area is populated by low income group families. “Unidentified people come here along with girls covering their faces,” said a local resident.