As the country simmers with anger over the brutal murder of two and half year old girl in Aligarh, another horrifying crime have surfaced Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh where 10-year-old was allegedly abducted, taken to a graveyard where she raped and later murdered.
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The victim belonged to Dalit community. The incident occurred on impending night of Friday and Saturday when the girl was abducted from outside her house where she was sleeping with her mother. The parents of the girl work at a brick kiln as daily wage. Her body was found in the bushes inside the graveyard, the police said. The police said there were injury marks on her private parts and neck.?
An FIR has been registered against unidentified persons and an investigation is initiated. The newspaper The Times of India spoke to KK Pandey, SHO Kurara, who told that she had slept around 9:30 pm on Friday and when her family members woke up on Saturday, she was missing.?
AK Rai, the DIG (Banda range) and Hamirpur SP, Hemraj Meena rushed to the spot and initiated an investigation.? "Five teams have been set up to crack the crime. The body has been shifted to morgue and a panel of three doctors will perform the postmortem, which will be videographed. Preliminary investigation indicates rape, but this can be confirmed only after autopsy," Rai said. Six people have reportedly detained by police in connection to the case.