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Updated June 8th, 2019 at 11:59 IST

Third arrest made in shocking and horrific murder case of 3-year-old girl in Aligarh

A third suspect has now been arrested in the horrific murder case in Aligarh wherein the mutilated body of a 3-year-old girl was found in a garbage dump, with an initial probe indicating that the killing was a fallout of a monetary dispute as per what the police said Thursday. 

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A third suspect has now been arrested in the horrific murder case in Aligarh wherein the mutilated body of a 3-year-old girl was found in a garbage dump, with an initial probe indicating that the killing was a fallout of a monetary dispute as per what the police said Thursday. 

Senior Superintendent of Police Akash Kulhari said the girl went missing from Tappal township on May 31 and on June 2, police found her mutilated body in a garbage dump near her house. Police had earlier arrested two persons — Zahid and Aslam — on the basis of the complaint of the victim’s father.

“Post-mortem examination has not found any sign of sexual assault. The report confirmed death due to strangulation,” the police officer said.

Talking to Republic TV, the mother of the victim, on Friday has shared the details of the search for their daughter after she went missing. She has said that they never doubted Zahid as there was no reason to do so. Zahid was named in the monetary dispute angle by village chief Chaudhary Lalit.

"I came to know within ten minutes when she went missing. We had searched the entire village and had asked the neighbours too. But of no avail. We never doubted Zahid as there was no such reason. Arrest both the accused's' families as they are not accepting the entire blame," she said.

Lalit, the village chief, while has narrating the horrific and heartwrenching circumstances under which the body was found, had said:

"I had called the parents after the body was found as they had reported a missing child. The body was found by the dog which was dragging it out of the garbage dump. Then we realized that the body was of the victim after which I informed the police about it. They filed a report and took the body saying that they will be doing a post mortem of the same," he said.

Explaining the relation of the accused with the victim's family he added:

"It was said that the accused and the victim's family had some money issues (lent/borrowed) between them which led to a dispute. Following that, Zahid has said that 'you have insulted me and I will make you pay."

The victim's father too has spoken with Republic TV sharing the details of how they found her body and identified it.

"When we discovered the body on June 2, her hand was cut and acid had been thrown over her. Her eye was gouged out, such was the bad state of the body. The smell emanating from the body made it difficult to breathe. She was wearing a yellow cap which helped us identify her. Otherwise, we could not have done that," he said.

Like his wife, he also demanded that other family members of the accused be arrested adding that the entire matter should be investigated thoroughly.

He also added: "Only the accused should be hanged, not anyone innocent. But the one responsible should not escape."

The victim's father had said that he would start a fast unto death from Saturday if no further arrests were made.

(With PTI inputs)

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Published June 8th, 2019 at 11:59 IST

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