An eight-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by three of her school seniors – all minors – in Andhra’s Nandyal district on July 7. The rape-murder came to light on Wednesday after police detained the accused trio, who had dumped the body into a canal to hide their crime . Cops are yet to trace the body.
Police said the girl’s father lodged a complaint Sunday, stating that his daughter went missing while playing at a park.Clues provided by the sniffer dog helped cops zero in on the three boys. The dog not only led police to the crime scene but also stopped at the houses of the accused. After initial round of investigation, the suspects were taken into custody.
During questioning, the accused minors told cops that they spotted the girl playing and lured her to come with them to play. The trio then took her to an isolated spot near Muchumarri irrigation project, gagged and raped her one after the other. Fearing arrest, they killed the child, discarded her body in the canal and fled.