Delhi: 5 Year Old Murdered After Sexual Assault, Body Found Hidden Inside Factory in Bawana

New Delhi: A shocking incident surfaced from Delhi's Bawana area, where a 5-year-old girl was brutally killed with a brick and blade after alleged sexual assault at an isolated place by a man. The incident took place a few days ago, when the man took the victim with her to the incident spot dumped her body in a factory located in the Bawana area after raping and killing her. The police, based on the CCTV footage, recovered the body of the child and shifted it to the mortuary of a hospital. According to the police, taking note of the seriousness of the case, the police immediately registered a case at Bawana police station and arrested the accused from a train, while he was trying to abscond. 

The accused has been identified as Totan Lohar alias Khudi, who is said to be a resident of West Bengal. 

As per the information, the accused lured the girl and took her with him to an isolated place, where he allegedly raped and killed her. It is being claimed that the accused was also captured on CCTV footage taking the girl away. Further legal action into the matter is being taken. 

Accused was arrested from the Asansol railway station

Confirming the incident, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North Delhi), Ravi Kumar Singh stated, “On March 24, at around 11 pm, a PCR call was received at Bawana police station regarding suspicion of kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl from Sector-1 DSIIDC Bawana. Statement of the parents of the girl was taken and a case under section 363 of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) was registered at Bawana police station on March 24th night itself.”

According to the police, the girl was a resident of Bawana. Her parents run a tea shop in Bawana and the girl stayed with them at the shop during the daytime. 

“They (Victim’s parents) last saw her at around 5 pm on March 24. They made efforts to trace her but to no avail. At last they informed the police,” the DCP said. 

“Immediately multiple teams were formed and an extensive search was started in the area along with the parents, which continued throughout the night in and around the last seen place. Several CCTV footage were procured from the area and in one of them, the girl was seen walking alongside a man identified as Totan Lohar, who was found absconding,” DCP Singh stated. 

Multiple teams were formed to nab the accused. During the investigation, local inquiry established that he might have fled to West Bengal possibly by Poorva Express train. The teams were immediately dispatched to Asansol and Kolkata, where they waited for Poorva Express to arrive. 

“As the Poorva Express train reached Asansol, the police team boarded the train and started looking for the suspect. After a few minutes, the accused was identified and nabbed. He was brought back to Delhi on Wednesday March 27,” the police official said.

During the interrogation, the accused confessed to committing rape and thereafter killing the girl before dumping the body in an adjacent factory at around 7.30 pm on March 24. At the accused’s instance, the scene of crime was identified, body along with one blade and one brick were recovered.

Further investigation in the matter is underway, said police.