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A partial skeleton of a six-year-old girl has been found in a Kanpur town in UP, police said. (Representative) A partial skeleton of a six-year-old girl from a Scheduled Caste Community (SC) was discovered in an isolated field in her village in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday, police said. At first glance, it appears the girl was sexually assaulted before she was killed, an official said on condition of anonymity.
Police arrested three suspects, including a man named Chandrabhan, his wife Sudha and his brother Sultan, for questioning, said DCP (South) Supplement Ankita Sharma.
He said that the girl disappeared on Saturday after leaving her house saying that she was with her uncle who was in the same town.
After conducting a frantic search, the victim's family approached the police the same night and filed an FIR against four people, including Chandrabhan, his wife Sudha, his brother Sultan and his father Ram Prakash, for kidnapping the ward. legal, Sharma said.
Forensic experts were also called in to collect scientific evidence, it added. Another DCP (South) said the skeleton was discovered a mile away from his home.
"We decided to explore the angle of the rape during the autopsy in addition to determining the exact cause of death. We cannot exclude the possibility that the girl was raped before she was killed. It is too early to draw a conclusion," he added. said Ms. Sharma.
