Decomposed body of a six-year-old girl was found from a drain in northeast Delhi's Karawal Nagar area this morning, sending shock waves in the locality.
The girl, whose right hand was found detached from her body and three fingers of her left hand missing, had been missing since April 6.
"Prima facie it seems that the girl was kidnapped by someone who later killed her and threw the body in the drain. Some animals may have done this to the decomposing body. Whether these injuries are prior to death or post, this will be known only after an autopsy," said a senior police official.
The girl was resident of Kamla Nagar colony where she lived with her father, an auto-rickshaw driver, mother and two sisters.
She had gone missing from outside her house on April 6 where she was playing in the evening. When her family members could not trace her, a missing complaint was lodged at the local police station.
The incident came to light here this morning when police received a PCR call about girl's body lying in a drain. A police team rushed to the spot and removed the body.
Police suspect personal enmity to be behind the girl's gruesome murder and her father and other family members are being questioned to determine whether they had any rivalry with anyone.
"We are investigating the case from all possible angles. A case of murder has been registered at the Karawal Nagar police station and investigating officers are waiting for her autopsy report to ascertain some facts," he added.
