PTI | Mar 3, 2012, 06.51PM IST
THANE: A 12-year-old girl from Mumbra township was allegedly raped and subsequently murdered here, police said today. PI P N Gughe of Mumbra police station said the girl, a sixth grade student was a resident of Mumbra Devi colony and was returning home last evening when accused Bhagarsingh Rathod abducted her and then sexually abused her at a lonely place.
He later killed her and dumped her body in a gunny bag and left it outside a house, police said. The police have registered offences under sections 363, 376, 302, 201 of the IPC against the alleged accused and a hunt is on for him.
THANE: A 12-year-old girl was raped, beaten and knifed to death on Friday night allegedly by her neighbor in Diva. The accused, Bharat Singh Rathod (27), initially fled the spot, but surrendered before the Mumbra police on Saturday night.
The victim, a Class VII student at a school in Dombivli, had left home to attend tuition classes and was to return around 6pm. When she did not return by 7.30pm, her worried parents, along with neighbours, started searching for her in the locality.
Later in the night, they found the girl's body stuffed inside a gunny bag at the rear end of Dhanraj Residency. The victim stayed on the second floor of Dhanraj Residency, while the accused stays on the first floor.
A resident of Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh, Rathod was till recently employed with a private firm in Wagle Estate. He had rented out a first-floor apartment in the building and had initially brought his family. At present, his wife was not staying with him and he was the lone occupant of the flat.
"The girl stepped out of home around 2.30pm to attend coaching classes. When she did not return by 7.30pm, her elder brother called up their father and made inquiries with the neighbours. As the word spread, all the residents came together to trace the child," said a neighbour, adding that the girl was much loved by all.
Rathod, who resided in flat no. 103, could have forced her into his house as she was on her way second-floor home, said the neighbour. "He must have taken advantage of the darkness in the building due to an unannounced power cut to grab her and force her into his house," she added.
Describing Rathod as a "somewhat weird" character, the neighbour said he kept to himself and "his appearance invoked fear as he looked like a dopey". She said Rathod moved into the building about six to eight months ago. On Thursday, he participated in his next-door neighbour's birthday celebrations.
Police said Rathod forced himself on the girl and later used a vegetable peeler to slash her throat and face. "He wrapped her in a bedsheet and stuffed her body in a gunny bag, which he threw down from his first-floor window," said an officer.
The search ended around 10pm when the locals discovered the gunny bag. It was clear that somebody had thrown it from the first floor as the blood stains were evident on the window. The door to Rathod's flat was broken and the police recovered the girl's school bag and her clothes. The cops also found her blood in the room.
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He later killed her and dumped her body in a gunny bag and left it outside a house, police said. The police have registered offences under sections 363, 376, 302, 201 of the IPC against the alleged accused and a hunt is on for him.
The victim, a Class VII student at a school in Dombivli, had left home to attend tuition classes and was to return around 6pm. When she did not return by 7.30pm, her worried parents, along with neighbours, started searching for her in the locality.
Later in the night, they found the girl's body stuffed inside a gunny bag at the rear end of Dhanraj Residency. The victim stayed on the second floor of Dhanraj Residency, while the accused stays on the first floor.
A resident of Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh, Rathod was till recently employed with a private firm in Wagle Estate. He had rented out a first-floor apartment in the building and had initially brought his family. At present, his wife was not staying with him and he was the lone occupant of the flat.
"The girl stepped out of home around 2.30pm to attend coaching classes. When she did not return by 7.30pm, her elder brother called up their father and made inquiries with the neighbours. As the word spread, all the residents came together to trace the child," said a neighbour, adding that the girl was much loved by all.
Rathod, who resided in flat no. 103, could have forced her into his house as she was on her way second-floor home, said the neighbour. "He must have taken advantage of the darkness in the building due to an unannounced power cut to grab her and force her into his house," she added.
Describing Rathod as a "somewhat weird" character, the neighbour said he kept to himself and "his appearance invoked fear as he looked like a dopey". She said Rathod moved into the building about six to eight months ago. On Thursday, he participated in his next-door neighbour's birthday celebrations.
Police said Rathod forced himself on the girl and later used a vegetable peeler to slash her throat and face. "He wrapped her in a bedsheet and stuffed her body in a gunny bag, which he threw down from his first-floor window," said an officer.
The search ended around 10pm when the locals discovered the gunny bag. It was clear that somebody had thrown it from the first floor as the blood stains were evident on the window. The door to Rathod's flat was broken and the police recovered the girl's school bag and her clothes. The cops also found her blood in the room.
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