5 cops suspended after 3-year-old girl's mutilated body found in Uttar Pradesh

5 Policemen have been suspended for alleged delay in registering a case after a girl was reported missing and also for delaying the probe which eventually led to the discovery of her body on June 2. Two suspects have been arrested and police say the case is a fallout of a monetary dispute. The accused Zahid and Aslam have confessed to killing the girl.

Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh: Five policemen, including an SHO have been suspended for alleged negligence, five days after the mutilated body of a three-year-old girl was found in a garbage dump in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, triggering a huge public outcry over the brutality of the murder.

The policemen were suspended for alleged delay in registering the case after the girl was reported missing, and also for delaying the probe which eventually led to the discovery of her body on June 2, officials said.

Tappal police station officials registered the case on May 31, a day after she had gone missing. Two suspects have been arrested and police say the case is a fallout of a monetary dispute.

The accused Zahid and Aslam have confessed to killing the girl after her father failed to return ₹ 12,000 he had borrowed from them, police sources said.

Asked about the suspension of police officials, Senior Superintendent of Police Akash Kulhari told that it was done on Thursday on the basis of the inquiry conducted by circle officer Pankaj Srivastava.

The girl's father, Banwarilal Sharma had threatened to fast unto death demanding the arrest of the accused's family members who colluded in the crime. The SSP met him and persuaded him against sitting on fast.

The SSP said he has assured Sharma that justice would be done in the case and the accused would be tried in a fast-track court.

Proceedings have begun to charge the duo under the National Security Act, Kulhari has said.

A six-member SIT has been formed to investigate the case and a female inspector had been appointed to carry forward the probe, he said.

The minor's brutal killing has led to a huge public condemnation.

The little girl had gone missing from Tappal township on May 30. Her body was found on June 2 in a garbage dump near her house.

"Post-mortem examination has not found any sign of sexual assault. The report confirmed death due to strangulation," police said.

Security measures at Tappal township, 50 km from the district headquarters, have been tightened as a precautionary step after tension prevailed in the area.