In a sugarcane field in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur a 12-year-old girl was found dead with marks on her neck.
The victim before being found dead in the sugarcane field was mowing a field with her grandmother and has been identified as Pushpa alias Rajni.
Informing about the incident Superintendent of Police of Shahjahanpur Anand, when Pushpa did not return to the field after keeping the mowed grass at her house Pushpa’s grandmother along with the villagers conducted a search in the village and later recovered her body.
According to the police the girl was strangled to death.
“Information was received about the recovery of a body of a 12-year-old girl who was identified as Pushpa alias Rajni in a sugarcane field. Information was also received that she was mowing the field which was nearly 300 meters distant from her house along with her grandmother. She did not return to the field after keeping the mowed grass at her house,” Anand said.
During the time of the recovery of her body, the deceased hands were tied and her clothes were intact.
“After waiting, her grandmother started her search. Her body was recovered when the search was conducted with the help of the villagers in the field. She has a mark on her neck as if she was strangled to death. Her hands were tied from behind. Her clothes were intact. A team of forensics has taken action on the spot,” SP Anand said.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s body has been sent for post-mortem and teams have been constituted to probe the incident.
However, further investigation is underway.