India News | Ghaziabad: Police Release Sketch of Man Accused of Abducting, Raping, Killing 6-yr-old Girl

Ghaziabad (UP), Dec 5 (PTI) Police on Monday released a sketch of a man accused of abducting, raping and killing a six-year-old girl here.

The child had gone missing while playing outside her house. Her body was recovered 30 metres from the house, police said.

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Post-mortem confirmed that the child was raped before being killed. Following this, a case was registered under relevant sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act, police said.

After gathering inputs from the neighbours and monitoring CCTV footage installed in the area, a sketch of the accused has been released, police said, adding six teams are on the hunt for the accused.

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Police have so far interrogated more than 36 suspects. Some more people bearing resemblances to the sketch have also been detained for questioning, police said.

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