TNN | Feb 13, 2013, 04.47 AM IST
BANGALORE: A five-year-old girl was found murdered with gruesome injuries all over her body, including her private parts, at a construction site in Madiwala on Tuesday. The child's right eye had been gouged out. The elder daughter of a domestic help who had separated from her husband, the girl was last seen playing outside her grandmother's residence near Rotary Nagar, Kodichikkanahalli, Madiwala, south-east Bangalore, on Monday evening.
On returning from work, the mother found that her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter was at home, and the elder one was missing. The woman and her two children used to stay with the mother.
She and the grandmother searched the neighborhood and then an autorickshaw fitted with a public address system went around the area looking for the girl. Police suspect this act of public announcement proved fatal for the child as the kidnapper feared he might be identified if the girl got away from his captivity.
Madiwala police joined the search party and asked the mother to file a complaint. The mother reportedly said she would do so the next morning.
On Tuesday morning, walkers found the girl's body in a mud heap next to an under-construction apartment, about 700m from the child's house. The mother, along with the police, identified the body. "There were bruises on her body. There was a deep injury in the right eye and the eyeball had popped out. The swollen neck indicated she had been strangled," investigating officials said.
The victim's grandmother told the police that she usually picked up the girl every evening from a nearby anganawadi where she was in Class I. "I brought her home on Monday evening and went out for work. I returned home in the night and was told by my daughter that the child was missing," the grandmother, who also works as a domestic help, she said.
According to the victim's aunt, the girl never entertained strangers or accepted chocolates from anyone. "She was not fond of junk food or chocolates. Some known person has kidnapped her," she said.
The victim's parents separated a year ago. The woman and her two daughters shifted to her mother's house in Bangalore. The victim's father stayed back in Malavalli, Mandya, where he is a small farmer and a two-wheeler mechanic, family sources said.
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On returning from work, the mother found that her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter was at home, and the elder one was missing. The woman and her two children used to stay with the mother.
She and the grandmother searched the neighborhood and then an autorickshaw fitted with a public address system went around the area looking for the girl. Police suspect this act of public announcement proved fatal for the child as the kidnapper feared he might be identified if the girl got away from his captivity.
Madiwala police joined the search party and asked the mother to file a complaint. The mother reportedly said she would do so the next morning.
On Tuesday morning, walkers found the girl's body in a mud heap next to an under-construction apartment, about 700m from the child's house. The mother, along with the police, identified the body. "There were bruises on her body. There was a deep injury in the right eye and the eyeball had popped out. The swollen neck indicated she had been strangled," investigating officials said.
The victim's grandmother told the police that she usually picked up the girl every evening from a nearby anganawadi where she was in Class I. "I brought her home on Monday evening and went out for work. I returned home in the night and was told by my daughter that the child was missing," the grandmother, who also works as a domestic help, she said.
According to the victim's aunt, the girl never entertained strangers or accepted chocolates from anyone. "She was not fond of junk food or chocolates. Some known person has kidnapped her," she said.
The victim's parents separated a year ago. The woman and her two daughters shifted to her mother's house in Bangalore. The victim's father stayed back in Malavalli, Mandya, where he is a small farmer and a two-wheeler mechanic, family sources said.
Link: 5-year-old found murdered, eyes gouged out
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