Hathras: Body of an 8-year-old girl found in sack

Agra | Friday | 20th April, 2018

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AGRA: The body of an eight-year-old girl, who was missing since Thursday evening, was found stuffed in a sack at a neighbour’s terrace in Pokharwala locality in Sadabad area of Hathras on Friday evening.The girl had gone to her uncle’s house, which is barely 500 metres away, to play at around 3 pm. When her mother went to pick her up there about an hour later, her uncle informed her that she never came there.The family got worried and started looking for her in the neighbourhood. Finally, they approached the police and a case of abduction was registered at the Sadabad police station in Hathras on Thursday night.On Friday evening, a neighbour, Susheela noticed blood spots in her house that had dripped from the terrace and when she went upstairs, she found a blood-stained sack. She immediately informed the police.Talking to TOI, ASP, Arvind Kumar said that a case under section 302 of IPC has been registered and the body has been sent for post-mortem and investigations are on.He said, prima facie some cohesive substance was poured on her body as boils had appeared on it..