Greater Noida (IANS) | Greater Noida’s Surajpur police station has arrested the absconding accused in the murder of a 2-year-old innocent. The police have also recovered the shawl used in the incident at the instance of the accused. Due to which he strangled the girl to death. The police have arrested the absconding accused Raghavendra from Ghaziabad after killing 2-year-old innocent Mansi.

Additional DCP Rajeev Dixit told that both the father of the deceased girl Shiv Kumar and accused Raghavendra live on rent in a house in Devla of Surajpur police station area. The accused Raghavendra is originally from Ballia. Whereas Shivkumar is basically a resident of Chandauli. Accused Raghavendra was living here with his family for the last 5 years. About 15 days ago his family went to their village. Meanwhile, he planned to kidnap the daughter of his neighbor Shivakumar and he planned that he would kidnap Shivakumar’s daughter and then demand a ransom of two lakh rupees in return. He kidnapped that innocent girl on 7th April. He carried out the abduction at a time when Shivakumar had left for duty and his wife Manju had gone to the market. Meanwhile, Raghavendra abducted the girl and after abducting her, took her to his room and strangled her with a shawl, then put her body in a bag. He was about to dispose of her dead body. That’s why he hid her body in the bag.

He was about to demand ransom from Shivkumar, but during this time the police got information about the disappearance of the girl. After which the police started searching for the girl child and she started panicking. The accused could neither locate the dead body nor demand ransom. After that he himself reached the police station and started collecting information from the policemen that what was going on in the case of the girl child. The police was engaged in the search of the girl child. The accused himself was also getting the girl searched along with him, but on April 9 suddenly he disappeared in the morning. After which the police reached that house. Where all the people lived on rent and asked whose room is locked here. After which it came to know about Raghavendra that his house is closed. During this, foul smell was coming from his room. When the police broke open the lock of his room and searched it, the body of innocent girl Mansi (2) was recovered from a bag. Raghavendra had fled from the spot.

According to the information received, the girl used to call the accused as uncle. Raghavendra works in a private company, his wife and two children have gone to the village. The accused had gone missing after the incident. The police have currently arrested the accused.

–IANS