Jamshedpur: 'Repeat Offender' Kidnaps, Beheads 3-Year-Old Girl Weeks After Release From Prison

In a shocking incident, a headless body of a three-year-old girl was found on Tuesday night in Dhobi Ghat area of Jharkhand's Jamshedpur. On scanning the CCTV footage, police arrested the accused who was a repeat offender

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Jamshedpur, July 31: In a shocking incident, a headless body of a three-year-old girl was found on Tuesday night in Dhobi Ghat area of Jharkhand's Jamshedpur. The girl went missing from Tatanagar railway station last week, Hindustan Times reported. On scanning the CCTV footage, police arrested the accused who was a repeat offender and was recently released from the jail.  Rape of 9-Year-Old in Mumbai: Alleged Rapist's Family Members Arrested For Threatening Police.

According to police, the torso of the girl has been sent for post-mortem. It is suspected that the minor was raped as she had injuries on her private parts, Hindustan Times reported. The head is yet to be recovered. The accused, identified as Rinku, is a chargesheeter and had been convicted earlier for kidnapping and killing children. Mumbai Shocker: 9-Year-Old Girl Raped and Murdered in Vile Parle, Body Found in Public Toilet.

The minor was sleeping with her mother at the platform on Thursday when the accused abducted her. The CCTV footage shows the minor sleeping in his arms. "We recovered the headless body of the girl from the bushes in Ramadhin Bagan Tuesday night after Rinku revealed that he had dumped her body and told us the location," police said.

According to cops, Rinku had initially told them that he had handed over the girl to Human trafficking group. On interrogation, he spoke the truth. However, admitted to killing her but insisted that he didn't behead her.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jul 31, 2019 06:45 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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