‘RIP humanity’: 6-yr-old girl raped, strangled to death with her school belt in Rajasthan

The body of
a six-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and strangled to death with her
school belt, was found in Tonk district of Rajasthan on Sunday, a day after she
went missing, the police said.

The incident
comes during the protests over the recent incidents of alleged gang rape and
murder of two women in Telangana and Jharkhand.

According to
the police, the body of the girl, a Class 1 student, was spotted by some villagers
in the bushes at a remote area of a village in Aligarh town. The locals then
informed the police, who rushed to the spot with a forensics team.

As per
preliminary investigation, the nature of injury indicates that the minor was
raped and then strangled to death with the school belt that she was wearing,
said Ram Krishan, station house officer (SHO), Aligarh police station. The body
was sent for a post-mortem examination.

No arrests
have been made so far, but efforts are on to identify the accused, he added.

“The victim was studying in Class 1 in a government school. On Saturday, she was in school till 3pm as there was a cultural function. After that, she didn’t reach home. Her parents searched for her but they were unable to find her,” said Ram Krishan.

A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against unknown persons under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and sections 302 (murder) and 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code.