Youngster slits three-year-old girl’s throat in Vizianagaram

VISAKHAPATNAM: In a gruesome incident, a 20-year-old man murdered his three-year-old niece by slitting her throat at Penguva village under Gumma Lakshmipuram mandal in Vizianagaram district on Friday night. The little girl was identified as K Bhavya Sree.
Police said Bhavya Sree and her mother Parvathi were sleeping on the veranda of their house when Vinod, who is a relative of the girl and is believed to be mentally unstable, slit the girl’s throat and fled from the spot.When her mother woke up after hearing her daughter’s cries, she found her gasping in a pool of blood. Though neighbours immediately rushed her to a nearby hospital, she was declared brought dead.
Elwinpeta police station SI K Krishna Prasad said the accused, according to locals, is mentally unstable and used to often roam around the village and threaten people with a knife. “He is nowhere to be seen after the crime. As of now, he is our main suspect. We have launched a manhunt to nab him. It’s difficult to establish the exact motive behind the murder till Vinod is nabbed. We will produce him before a medical team to ascertain his mental condition once he is caught,” he said.