10-Yr-Old Girl Raped, Murdered by Uncle in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur

Mumbai: The uncle of the victim was arrested by police following the discovery of the body of a 10-year-old girl from a sugarcane field in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district on Thursday morning.

Her uncle was arrested for alleged rape and murder. The parents of the girl are from Bihar and work in an industrial unit in Kolhapur. The girl was missing since Wednesday evening and her parents had filed a missing person complaint with the police.

Her body was found on Thursday morning in a sugarcane field just 800 metres away from her home in Shiye village under Karvir taluka.

Police investigation revealed that her uncle sexually abused her and then strangled her to death. During interrogation, the accused is said to have confessed to the crime.

The accused lied to the girl’s mother when she inquired about the child’s absence on Wednesday evening. He told her that the girl had left the house in anger after he scolded her. According to the police, the girl’s parents work in an industrial unit in the Shiroli MIDC area.

Earlier in the day, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio, said the police suspect the girl was sexually assaulted before being killed.

The incident happened days after two minor girls were sexually abused by an attendant in a school in Badlapur town of Thane district.