Satish Aditya
Motihari : Police recovered body of a 7 year old girl on September 22, 2021, morning, hanging from a bamboo near a temple at
Ghorasahan under the same police station(PS) in East Champaran District in North Bihar.
The girl was missing from her house since September 21, 2021, evening. According to police, the girl was allegedly raped and thereafter strangulated to death by the accused.
The father of the girl, in an FIR lodged with Ghorasahan PS, alleged that his daughter was a regular visitor to his neighbour Shankar Rai’s house to watch TV programmes and on September 21, 2021, evening, too she had gone there but did not return home.
We searched for her in late night everywhere including at the house of Shankar Rai but she was not found, he said. The father of the girl has accused Shankar Rai in FIR alleging he raped and killed his daughter.
Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, SHO, Ghorasahan PS, said the accused Shankar Rai has fled away from his village after this incident to evade arrest. The body of the girl was sent for post-mortem to Motihari Sadar hospital by police. Police are camping at the village to maintain peace .