4-year-old girl killed in Gopalganj

PATNA: The body of a four-year-old girl was found at Pathan Tola under Manjhagarh police station area in Gopalganj district on Friday. Police said the girl was last seen on Thursday night when she had gone to a neighbour’s house for eating in a ‘bhandara’.
Manjhagarh police station SHO Vishal Anand said the girl seems to have been strangled. Her clothes were torn.“Only the postmortem report would make it clear if she was raped before being murdered. However, her family members suspect that she was subjected to sexual assault before being killed,” he said.
Anand said police have detained a few suspects for interrogation on Saturday. “The spot from where the body was recovered is around 3km away from her residence,” he added.
One arrested: One Hari Rai (32) was arrested from Kalimpur under Vishambharpur police station area in Gopalganj district on Saturday for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. Vishambharpur police station SHO Dinesh Kumar Yadav said he was arrested from his residence in Kalimpur. “The minor was going to relieve herself on October 10 morning when she was kidnapped by two persons and kept hostage in a room in Hari’s house, where he had raped her,” he said, quoting the FIR lodged by the girl’s family.
Yadav said the girl was released from captivity on October 13. “Then her family members approached the police. However, it is surprising that no one could hear the girl’s scream from Hari’s house,” he said. The SHO said the girl’s medical reports are awaited.