Nine-year-old girl raped, gagged to death in Etawah district

KANPUR: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped andsuffocated to death during a marriage function in Etawah district on Thursday night.


The girl’s parents have lodged an FIR against Sachin (25), a resident of Ghatiya Azmat Ali locality of the district.

According to the police, the incident took place late on Thursday night in Dharwar village in Jaswant Nagar area where the girl had gone with her family to attend a wedding function.

Sachin, who was also there in the marriage ceremony, lured the girl, raped her and subsequently killed her, said, SP Yash Singh. The accused has been booked under sections 302 and 376 of IPC and the POCSO Act.

“The accused thereafter fled from the spot. The body of the girl was found in the toilet of an old dilapidated house in the vicinity of the marriage venue. A piece of cloth was found stuffed inside her mouth”, said a police official privy to the investigation. The girl’s body has been sent for the postmortem examination.

“On the basis of the complaint filed by victim’s family, police have launched a hunt to arrest Sachin,” the police official said.

“A case has been registered against the accused for rape and murder of the girl and also under the POSCO Act,” the SP said.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)