Drone surveillance aided in the recovery of additional body parts from nearby fields on February 27, which included another severed leg and the upper torso from chest to head. Forensic teams collected samples, and the body was sent for post-mortem. The post-mortem report revealed that the girl was strangled to death.
Sitapur: A five-year-old girl’s mutilated body parts were found in fields near a police station here, officials said.
The girl went missing on the evening of February 25.
“The following day, her severed leg was discovered in a field, initially leading to suspicions of a wild animal’s attack,” said Additional Superintendent of Police, Sitapur, Praveen Ranjan.
However, the girl’s family insisted on investigating it as a case of murder, prompting police to initiate a probe.
Drone surveillance aided in the recovery of additional body parts from nearby fields on February 27, which included another severed leg and the upper torso from chest to head. Forensic teams collected samples, and the body was sent for post-mortem. The post-mortem report revealed that the girl was strangled to death, officials said.