MUMBAI: Three days after an 8-year-old girl had gone missing from her Vasai home on Friday, her decomposed body was found in a locked, vacant room in the vicinity on Monday. A case of murder has been registered against an unidentified person(s).
On Friday evening, the class 3 student of a zilla parishad school from Vasai had returned home around 5pm, changed her clothes and went out to play at their Vanyacha pada locality in Vasai (east).She had taken Rs 5 from her father to buy ice-cream.
When she did not return until after sundown, the family launched a search for her. The father later registered a case of kidnapping at Pelhar police station. Her mother and brother were away at their village. The family put up posters of the child in and around the locality and even announced a reward of Rs 20,000 for information on her.
Even as the search was on, the police got a call on Monday morning, informing about a foul smell from room 5 in a nearby chawl. The police reached the place, broke open the door and found the girl’s decomposed body. The police said her legs were tied with a belt and the body was placed in a plastic bag.
Police said the room in which the body was found had been locked and the owner has been called for questioning. There are no closed circuit television cameras in the area.
Family members told the police they were not aware if anybody stayed in the room. Locals said the room had been mostly locked.
The police said they suspect that someone had kept a watch on the girl and forcibly taken her to the room. The body has been sent for autopsy. The police said the autopsy report will ascertain if there was any sexual abuse.
On Friday evening, the class 3 student of a zilla parishad school from Vasai had returned home around 5pm, changed her clothes and went out to play at their Vanyacha pada locality in Vasai (east).She had taken Rs 5 from her father to buy ice-cream.
When she did not return until after sundown, the family launched a search for her. The father later registered a case of kidnapping at Pelhar police station. Her mother and brother were away at their village. The family put up posters of the child in and around the locality and even announced a reward of Rs 20,000 for information on her.
Even as the search was on, the police got a call on Monday morning, informing about a foul smell from room 5 in a nearby chawl. The police reached the place, broke open the door and found the girl’s decomposed body. The police said her legs were tied with a belt and the body was placed in a plastic bag.
Police said the room in which the body was found had been locked and the owner has been called for questioning. There are no closed circuit television cameras in the area.
Family members told the police they were not aware if anybody stayed in the room. Locals said the room had been mostly locked.
The police said they suspect that someone had kept a watch on the girl and forcibly taken her to the room. The body has been sent for autopsy. The police said the autopsy report will ascertain if there was any sexual abuse.