Raipur: Body of missing minor found in tank beneath heap of bricks

RAIPUR: Body of a 5-year-old girl who went missing on Sunday noon was found at an under-construction water tank with her body lying four feet down under water dumped under the heap of bricks in Gariyaband district of Chhattisgarh.
The recent rape and murder cases in Aligarh and Bhopal had sent chills down the spine of police and family of of girl who went missing after she left home for playing with her friend.
Prima facie indicates that the girl might be playing in and around the under construction water tank and would have slipped in the water while the bricks kept on the tank wall would have fallen upon her causing her death, police said.
Amid speculations if something unfortunate had happened to the girl before she died, police said that the case would be investigated on all angles based on the reports of autopsy. Her body was sent for autopsy and reports are awaited.
The murder angle will also be investigated as there was chance that someone had killed her and threw her body inside the tank and to prevent it from floating in the water, heap of bricks were used.
While the mother of girl is fainting in regular intervals, police earlier doubted it to be case of kidnap.
The 5- year-old girl at Darrapara had left home around 12 noon on Sunday and she was last seen around 2 with her friend. When she didn’t return till evening, parents started looking for her and had to report the matter to police by late evening.
A missing report was lodged based on complaints of her parents.
Police had intensified the search and the case was personally being monitored by Raipur range inspector general of police Anand Chabra who went to Gariyaband and had asked officials to check each nook and corner, all closed buildings and homes, river sides and hills. Sniffer dog squad was also pressed into service and all the houses in the region were being checked to verify if any person had kept her confined due to personal rivalry.
The family of deceased girl is inconsolable and her mother is constantly blaming herself for being careless towards her daughter.