Man slits 8-year-old girl's throat, hides body in flour drum. Then an encounter
Police said that Sunil kidnapped the 8-year-old, then murdered her by slitting her throat and later hid her body inside a drum filled with flour. The body was found at the accused's rented room.
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, who was accused of kidnapping and brutally murdering an 8-year-old girl, died on Friday in a late-night police encounter.
The incident happened on Tuesday (March 24), when the girl went missing in the Tajganj area. Her family filed a missing person's report, prompting police to register a case and launch a search operation. The case, however, took a shocking turn when the child's body was recovered from the room of the accused, Sunil, who lived there as a tenant.
Police said that Sunil kidnapped the 8-year-old, then murdered her by slitting her throat and later hid her body inside a drum filled with flour. The gruesome discovery sent shockwaves across the city and triggered widespread anger among residents.
Soon after, police formed as many as 12 teams to track down the accused, who had gone on the run. A cash reward of Rs 25,000 was also announced for information leading to Sunil's arrest.
On the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, police received a tip-off that the accused was present in the Bamrauli Katara locality. Police teams laid a seige in the area to ensure that Sunil is unable to flee. Soon after, the accused opened fire at the police in an attempt to escape, injuring a sub-inspector. In self-defence, police retaliated and shot the accused, who ended up seriously injured. He was immediately taken to a hospital but later died during treatment.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Syed Ali Abbas told India Today that continuous raids were being carried out to arrest the accused in the kidnapping and murder case of the child. "Acting on late-night intelligence, police surrounded the suspect, who opened fire on the team, prompting retaliatory action," he added.
Police also recovered a Hero Splendor motorcycle with no number plate, a .315 bore country-made pistol, six spent cartridges, and three live cartridges from the accused.
Police said that further legal procedures and evidence collection in the case are ongoing.
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, who was accused of kidnapping and brutally murdering an 8-year-old girl, died on Friday in a late-night police encounter.
The incident happened on Tuesday (March 24), when the girl went missing in the Tajganj area. Her family filed a missing person's report, prompting police to register a case and launch a search operation. The case, however, took a shocking turn when the child's body was recovered from the room of the accused, Sunil, who lived there as a tenant.
Police said that Sunil kidnapped the 8-year-old, then murdered her by slitting her throat and later hid her body inside a drum filled with flour. The gruesome discovery sent shockwaves across the city and triggered widespread anger among residents.
Soon after, police formed as many as 12 teams to track down the accused, who had gone on the run. A cash reward of Rs 25,000 was also announced for information leading to Sunil's arrest.
On the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, police received a tip-off that the accused was present in the Bamrauli Katara locality. Police teams laid a seige in the area to ensure that Sunil is unable to flee. Soon after, the accused opened fire at the police in an attempt to escape, injuring a sub-inspector. In self-defence, police retaliated and shot the accused, who ended up seriously injured. He was immediately taken to a hospital but later died during treatment.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Syed Ali Abbas told India Today that continuous raids were being carried out to arrest the accused in the kidnapping and murder case of the child. "Acting on late-night intelligence, police surrounded the suspect, who opened fire on the team, prompting retaliatory action," he added.
Police also recovered a Hero Splendor motorcycle with no number plate, a .315 bore country-made pistol, six spent cartridges, and three live cartridges from the accused.
Police said that further legal procedures and evidence collection in the case are ongoing.
