Body of 12-yr-old girl found in Mohanlalganj

LUCKNOW: In a gruesome incident, the body of a 12-year-old girl, who was most-likely raped and murdered, was found at a rice field at a village in Mohanlalganj police station area on Wednesday morning. The 12-year-old girl Roli (name changed), a student of class VII had gone missing and a resident of Dhehva village in the same police station area, had gone missing since Tuesday evening.The family members launched a frantic search, but could not find Roli till late night. It was in the morning that her nude body was found lying at a rice field owned by Harikrishna Sharma, a resident of Indiranagar. Sharma has given his field to one Radhey Lal Maurya on sharing basis.
According to family members of the girl, Roli had gone to attend nature's call on Tuesday evening. However, she didn't return till late in the night. Initially, assuming that she might have gone to watch television at one of the neighbour's place, family members didn't panic. It was only after 9.00 p.m. that the family members got worried and launched a search to trace her. The villagers also came to know that Roli has gone missing. However, Roli could not be spotted in the night.
It was at around 6.00 a.m. that some villager spotted one of clothes Roli was wearing a day before near a small house built near a field of one Shakti Sharan. The walls of the house also had blood stains. The villagers further moved further to trace the girl. In the meantime, the police was also informed about the incident.
While searching, the villagers and police found the shirt which Roli had wore in the field of Harikrishna. They further searched the field to find Roli's body in a nude state. "Roli had blood stains on vital organ, which hinted that the girl had been raped and murdered," police sources said and added that she was probably strangulation.
The police also pressed the dog squad, which sniffed a comb mostly used by male and rushed towards Diwanganj village. However, the dog came across a nullah and returned back to sniff the body of Roli. The dog then went inside Dhehva village and stopped for a few seconds in front of three houses. It was at the fourth house, that the dog stopped finally.
The police then swung into action and picked up a man and his four sons on ground of suspicion. The police have also picked up about three more persons. Police sources said that one of the four sons had been spotted near the field time and again, as he and his friends used to play cards at the spot. The police, however, said that no arrest had been made and the interrogation with the suspected persons is still going on.