Police arrest man for raping and killing 7-year-old girl after sniffer dog leads to his home

A seven-year-old girl from Rajgamar disappeared on Monday evening after leaving to buy something from a grocery store. Her father reported her missing, and on Thursday police recovered her body in vegetation behind a poultry farm in the Rajgamar police chowki zone. A police sniffer dog was used, which guided officers to a residence in the Ravanbhatha locality.

The police detained Ajay alias Amit Chauhan, a 42-year-old man from Devmati Para under Bango police station, and questioned him about the crime. According to Additional Superintendent of Police Lakhan Patle, Chauhan had come to Ravanbhatha that Monday to see a woman he claimed as his second wife, encountered the girl alone, sexually assaulted and murdered her before escaping. A forensic team and the police dog were part of the inquiry, and the suspect remains in custody.