10-year-old’s murder: Rape,POCSO sections to be added

A case of murder,kidnapping and of removing evidence was earlier registered.

Police,however,has failed to find leads in the case. Accepting the ongoing failure of the department,IGP RP Upadhyaya said,“No clue has been found in the case yet. However,efforts are on.” When asked about the status of investigation,he said,“About 80 per cent of the questioning exercise has been completed. No substantial clue was found from that. Now,we will focus on analysing the dump data.”

New SSP,Sukhchain Singh Gill,said,“I will give special attention to this case and will discuss the findings with investigating officers.”

Police,on December 3,had sent the doctors a set of questions related to the findings of the post-mortem. The queries included the time between the death of the girl and the body being recovered,the nature of injuries.

The post-mortem report of the girl suggested that she was sexually assaulted before she was murdered. According to police sources,six injuries were found on her body including vaginal and neck injuries.

A resident of Palsora village,the deceased was reported to be missing on November 27.