Summary:
The IG said the accused, who has no past criminal record, has admitted to the crime. The man has been living in Bathinda for years now and earns a livelihood by selling brooms and other kitchenware. The accused targetted the girl, daughter of a migrant labourer, near her house on June 27.Bathinda range IG M F Farooqui told media persons on Monday, "From the very beginning, we suspected that the accused was from the nearby area. He lost his wife over a year ago. We set up five teams to make extensive searches in the area and click photographs of male members of the locality and nearby areas.The teams were directed to take photographs of those who had even minimal resemblance with the description of the accused given by the victim.".