Malda (West Bengal):The decapitated body of an 11-year-old girl, who went missing three days ago, along with the head that was lying 50 metres away, were recovered from West Bengal's Malda on Wednesday night, police said. The deceased's cousin brother has been arrested in this connection and interrogations are on, police added.
The recovery was made as per the statement of the accused, who was arrested on the basis of CCTV footage following a missing diary registered by the family. English Bazar police have sent the body and head to Malda Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.
According to a senior officer of the English Bazar police station, the deceased, identified as Srishti Keshari was a resident of Baluchar area of Malda. She went missing on the evening of 29 January after which, her father, Ram Prakash Keshri registered a missing diary at English Bazar police station. Thereafter the CCTV footage of the area was collected by the police.
While examining the footage, police found that the minor had boarded a bike that was being driven by a youth and left. The youth was immediately arrested and interrogations were held. Initially, the youth, who was the girl's cousin brother, tried to mislead the police but the latter soon found that the accused was fabricating events. After grilling the youth further, he finally confessed that he had killed the minor and hid the body.