Parents waited for their 6-year-old to return, in vain, she was raped and murdered

Ghaziabad, Jan 24: Rape of minor girls, some as young as 5-6 years old is not just a crime, it, in fact, reflects a serious problem in the society which is not visible to the plain eyes. These perverts who commit such heinous offences are one among us and that ought to be enough to make everyone hang their head shame.

In Ghaziabad, parents of a six-year-old kindergarten girl who had gone out in the evening on Tuesday kept waiting for her return, but she never did. Now, we know that she never will, as she was raped, strangulated with a scarf and her body was discarded at a deserted plot. And who did it? It was allegedly the man who was her tutor. He has now been arrested.

"The girl had gone for tuition along with her brother on Monday evening. After returning, she again went outside and didn't return thereafter. Her parents and neighbours searched for her till late night but in vain," the police said, as per a PTI report.

The incident is said to have taken place in the Loni area of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

On Tuesday morning, when the girl's father was going to offer prayers he discovered his child's body lying in a deserted plot near a mosque, said DIG Upendra Agarwal.

The girl was a kindergarten student, and she also would take tuition, the father told the police.

The minor was raped strangulated with a scarf by her tutor, officials said. On Wednesday, the tutor Faizul Islam from Alvi Nagar was arrested. He confessed to the crime.

The autopsy report confirmed the girl was raped. Islam has been booked under sections 302, 376 and 5/6 of POCSO Act.

OneIndia News with PTI inputs