J&K: 12-year-old girl ‘raped,’ found murdered 200 metres away from her house in Budgam

A 12-year-old girl, who reportedly went missing in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, was found murdered on Sunday, May 24.

According to police, the girl’s body was recovered nearly 200 metres away from her house, PTI reported.

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“Prima facie it seems to be a case of rape and murder. We have added the relevant sections of the law to the FIR,” SSP Budgam Hariprasad K K said.

The senior police official stated that the victim was reported missing from Budgam’s Galwanpora area on Saturday evening.

Later on, searches were carried out after registered a case of kidnapping a minor child.

“Unfortunately, the body of the child was found today morning (May 24),” Hariprasad K K said and added that the body was sent for post-mortem examination.

Chief preacher of Kashmir Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said he was “heartbroken and deeply disturbed” by the incident. “The circumstances surrounding this incident are extremely painful and have shaken the conscience of every human being,” he added.

Further investigation in the matter is currently underway.