CCTV footage from a nearby toddy outlet showed that the girl was last seen with the suspect.
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The police on Sunday detained a man, who had been released from jail on Friday, for raping and killing a 10-year-old girl in Bolarum on Saturday.
North Zone police DCP Sumathi said in a press conference, “The accused is a habitual offender who had been released from prison just a few days back”.
The girl’s body was found on the railway tracks in the Secunderabad cantonment area, with the head smashed with a boulder, Investigating Officer Maheshwar told NDTV. Anil boozed toddy before taking her along towards the railway track. “He looked fine and I initially thought his intention was not bad but later the man took her away and when we realised that she is not there everyone called up the police”, the victim’s mother said. What is more shocking is Anil had been previously convicted to one-year rigorous imprisonment for an attempt to murder a sex worker and was released on Friday only.
Anil was arrested from a relative’s house, police said.
The accused, who is on the run, is suspected to be repeated offender. Locals staged a protest demanding that Anil be hanged.
A missing complaint was filed by the victim’s parents at the Alwal police station, after she had gone missing on Saturday evening.
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The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination.
