15-year-old girl's mutilated body found in UP’s Firozabad

Firozabad: 15-year-old girl, missing since Friday has been found dead in a field in the Tundla area of Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad. The body was discovered in a badly mutilated condition, according to the police.

It is suspected that the minor might have been sexually assaulted and then strangled to death as her dupatta was tied around her neck. She had bruises around her eyes and her mouth appeared to have been gagged, which shows the signs of assault.

The body has been sent for post-mortem examination and three teams have been set up to investigate the matter, a police officer said.

"The girl, aged 15, was missing since 2 p.m. on Friday after she went to a field near the village to relieve herself. A farmer found her body in a mutilated condition on Saturday," said, Superintendent of Police, Sarvesh Mishra.

Mishra added that based on a preliminary probe, a case under sections 302 (murder) and 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and sections 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been registered against unidentified people.

With inputs from IANS