New Delhi, January 28: Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal has written a letter to Delhi Police taking suo-moto cognizance of media reports regarding five-year-old girl raped and  murdered in Samaypur Badli. The Commission has asked police to provide copy of the FIR and post-mortem report of the deceased child by February 1, 2019. Maharashtra: 7-Year-Old Girl Raped and Murdered in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Accused Found Hanging in Forest.

The body of a five-year-old girl was found inside a gunny bag in North Delhi Samaypur Badli on Sunday, police said. Gurugram: 3-Year-Old Girl Raped Before Murder, Stick Inserted in Private Parts.

The girl had been missing since Saturday evening, informed the police.

A passerby who spotted the bag dumped on the roadside in a slum cluster in Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar area informed police at around 6 am, police said. Delhi: Man Rapes Nine-Year Old Neighbour at His House While Wife Was Upstairs, Booked Under POCSO Act.

On reaching the spot, police found the body of the minor girl inside the bag. No injury marks were found on the body, said Gaurav Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North).

The officer said the girl went missing on Saturday evening when she went outside to play with other children in her area. When she did not return home, her parents registered a missing complaint at Samaypur Badli police station.

The body has been sent for post-mortem and the exact cause of the death will be ascertained only after they receive the autopsy report, the DCP said. Police said they are probing all angles including that of personal enmity to ascertain the motive behind the killing.

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