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AP: 6-year-old girl murdered, offender arrested

Ongole, Oct 26 (UNI) In a shocking incident, a six-year-old girl was found murdered at Chadalavada village in Prakasam district. However, the local residents apprehended the offender and handed him over to the police.
Police said that in the early hours of Monday, the accused Anand abducted the girl while she was asleep at her house beside her grandmother, to a secluded place and strangled her to death. The police suspect that he might have sexually assaulted the girl before killing her.
After committing the heinous crime, the accused left the body of the girl at her residence. However, neighbours noticed him and caught him as he tried to flee. The accused Anand was also a resident of the same colony. The parents of the deceased girl were working in Hyderabad and the grandmother was taking care of the girl.
The residents of the colony held a rasta roko on the National Highway 216 demanding that the police hand over the accused to them and do justice to the family. They were pacified by the police who assured that the accused would be punished severely.
Superintendent of Police V Harshavardhan Raju saw the body of the girl in the mortuary. He said that the case would be investigated comprehensively.
Meanwhile, the AP Women’s Commission Chairperson Rayapati Sailaja expressed shock and assured all required assistance to the bereaved family.
Former Minister Meruga Nagarjuna expressed grief and consoled the bereaved family. He assured that the YSRCP would stand by the family. UNI DP CDS
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