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The Whitefield constabulary person invoked provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, successful the execution of a six-year-old miss against the accused aft ascertaining the motive down the crime, constabulary said connected Saturday.
The victim, Shahnaz Khatun, girl of Inzamam Sheikh, a migrant labourer from West Bengal, was recovered dormant successful a drain hours aft she went missing connected January 5. The constabulary said the kid was strangled.
According to the investigators, Inzamam Sheikh had seen his girl playing successful beforehand of the family’s makeshift location erstwhile helium concisely returned location for lunch. When the miss failed to instrumentality aboriginal successful the day, a hunt was launched, and her assemblage was subsequently recovered.
The constabulary zeroed successful connected the accused, Yusuf Meer, besides a migrant labourer from West Bengal who lived successful the aforesaid neighbourhood. Meer, who attempted to fly to his hometown with his family, was tracked down and arrested successful Odisha a time aft the miss was recovered dead.
The investigators said Meer had earlier had a quarrel with the girl’s mother. To instrumentality revenge, helium allegedly kidnapped and killed the kid portion she was playing extracurricular her house.
Though the constabulary initially ruled retired intersexual assault, caller grounds related to the motive prompted the investigators to invoke the POCSO Act, 2012, a elder constabulary serviceman said.
The police, however, said they were awaiting the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) study to further corroborate the grounds collected during the investigation.
