Teenage girl found dead in UP's Lakhimpur Khiri

In yet another incident, a minor was found hanging from the thatched roof of a house with a scarf. Police have initiated an investigation and the body has been for autopsy.

Lakhimpur Khiri: A 14-year-old girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a village here on Sunday, police said. They said the body was found hanging from the thatched roof of a house with a scarf.

Lakhimpur Khiri SP Satendra Kumar Singh, Additional SP Arun Kumar Singh and Mitauli Circle Officer Shitanshu Kumar rushed to the spot after receiving information about the incident and carried out initial investigations.

The officials talked to the parents and other family members of the girl, police said. The reason behind the girl's death is yet to be ascertained. Police said the body has been sent for an autopsy and appropriate action would be taken after the report comes.

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This is the second death of a girl under Neemgaon police limits since August 25. The dead body of an 18-year-old girl was found from near a pond with her throat slit on August 25. Police had solved the case within 24 hours and arrested the killer.

Lakhimpur Kheri district was in the news recently when a 17-year-old Dalit girl was found dead outside her village.

The girl was allegedly raped and murdered after she left home to fill a scholarship application. Her mutilated body was found near a dry pond, around 200 metres away from her village falling under the Neemgaon police limits.

Prior to this incident, a 13-year-old girl was raped and killed in the district.

Police had said that the girl had gone to her fields in the afternoon and when she did not return home, her family started looking for her. She was found dead in a sugarcane field.

Both incidents drew flak from the opposition, with Congress and SP leaders attacking the Yogi Adityanath-led state government over the law and order situation.

PTI