Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh): A 17 year-old girl who had gone missing two days ago in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi was found dead here Wednesday. The face and upper portion of the girl’s body burnt with acid to hide her identity, police said. Police are suspecting that the 17-year-old girl was raped and murdered.
According to police, the incident allegedly took place at a village in the Dhaurhara area of the district. Her body was recovered Wednesday afternoon on the banks of the Varuna River. The girl had gone to graze cattle Monday but went missing after which police were informed.
“The state of the body suggests that she could have been raped and her face and upper part of the body burnt to hide her identity,” informed Ram badan Singh. The girl’s family identified her through her jeans,” the SP added.
Meanwhile, locals staged a protest on the Bhadohi-Jaunpur road demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. They did not allow the police to send the body for post-mortem. Later the SP said that the crowd was pacified and the process to send the body for an autopsy has been initiated.
In the preliminary inquiry, it appears the girl was strangled and her face burnt to hide her identity, the SP informed. The father of the girl has suspected the role of a brick kiln owner and some others in the crime. Police are looking for them. Further details will be known only after the post-mortem examination, the SP added.