The mutilated body of 16-year-old girl was found at a guesthouse at Gandhi Colony, Faridabad, on Thursday afternoon. The Haryana Police has arrested one Ram Gopal alias Sonu (30) from Tawdu village in Mewat on Friday for allegedly stalking her for the last one year.
While the police have registered a case of murder, the girl's family alleged she was kidnapped, raped and then murdered.
According to the family, the girl, a Class XII (Humanities) student, had left home for tuition class around 3 pm on Thursday. When she did not return home by evening, her family started looking for her. Later, the family received a call from police informing them that a girl's body, with the head almost severed, had been found at a nearby guesthouse. The family then identified her.
The victim's mother said: "I tried contacting her on her cellphone but it was switched off. I went to her tuition class but her teacher told me she never came for the class. When I went to her classmate's house, the friend told me that Sonu used to stalk her whenever she went for tuitions. But she never told us anything, as she feared that he would harm her if she dared to involve us in the matter. The body was wrapped in a blanket. She was kidnapped, raped and then brutally murdered."
The owner of the guesthouse told police that the couple had come asking for a room on rent. "I gave them the keys to room number 1. When I asked them for identity proof, the man said he would give it in sometime and asked for tea to be sent to their room. Twenty minutes later, I saw the man rushing out. I went upstairs and found the girl lying in a pool of blood," the owner said.
Police said the girl suffered a deep cut on her neck that reportedly cut her trachea. She also had deep cuts on her stomach and hands.
"It shows that she tried to resist and there was scuffle between the two. The bedding and quilt in the room were torn. The accused slit her throat and threw the knife on the sofa before fleeing. We have registered a case of murder and arrested the man," a police officer said.
Police said Sonu was traced through his cellphone location.
"Sonu told us that he was in love with the girl and wanted to marry her but she refused. The murder was pre-planned, as he was carrying a knife with him and had also booked the room in advance. He first tried to convince her but when she turned down his proposal again, he murdered her," an officer said.
The police are waiting for the postmortem report to ascertain whether the girl was raped.
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