The body of a 12-year-old girl was found on the third floor of an abandoned building behind Krishna Complex in Bhopal’s Bairagarh area on Friday morning. Police said that the girl had left home around 8 pm on Thursday to collect waste plastic but did not return. Her family searched for her before lodging a missing-person complaint. Accused arrested, probe underway ACP Ratnesh Tomar said that the accused, identified as Moin, a resident of 12 Number Camp, had been arrested. Police are investigating the circumstances of the girl’s death. Tomar said that further details could not be disclosed at this stage because the case involved a minor and disclosure could affect the investigation. Family alleges sexual assault The girl’s family alleged that she had been sexually assaulted and strangled.

 

The allegations are being investigated, and the cause of death is to be established through the post-mortem examination and other evidence. The body was reportedly found wrapped in a blanket, with the girl’s clothes and a pendant found nearby. Grandmother reports seeing a man The girl’s grandmother told police she saw a man leaving the abandoned building while searching for the child. Investigators are examining her account along with other evidence gathered from the scene. Forensic team examines the scene: Bairagarh police and a forensic science laboratory team inspected the site and began examining evidence. Investigators are working to establish the girl’s movements after she left home and the circumstances leading to her death. The investigation is continuing in the case.