Chandrashekhar Gupta who panicked after seeing the girl bleed profusely, stoned her to death and abandoned the body at the site.
Two gruesome murders took place in Thane city on Thursday night. In one case, a seven-year-old girl was raped and brutally murdered at Lokmanya Nagar pada number 4, while in another incident, a 25-year-old youth was killed with a sharp weapon at Kasarvadavli along Ghodbunder road.
Ritika Yadav (name changed), a resident of pada number 4 and a student of Std II, was playing with her friends on Thursday evening near the foothills at Lokmanya Nagar.
“Chandrashekhar Gupta, who live in the same locality, lured Yadav with chocolates to a secluded part of the hill and raped her,” said Ashok Deshbhratar, deputy commissioner of police (Zone 1), Thane.
Gupta, who panicked after seeing Yadav bleed profusely, decided to kill her to prevent her from reporting the incident to her parents. He stoned her to death and abandoned the body at the site. Yadav’s parents filed a missing complaint on Thursday evening. At around 8 am on Friday morning, the residents came across the girl’s body.
The police learnt from the locals that Gupta was the last to meet Yadav. While interrogating him, the police found bloodstains on his shirt. He was arrested immediately thereafter, and further investigations are on. Gupta had married last year, but was staying alone since his wife was at her maternal home to deliver a child.
In the other incident, a 25-year-old man, Ashrul Shaikh, was found brutally murdered with a knife near a construction site at Kasarvadavli along Ghodbunder road on Friday morning. “The body had deep cuts along the neck. The knife used to kill the youth was found near the body,” informed Deshbhratar.
The accused had wrapped the knife in a Bengali newspaper dated December 22. The newspaper is published only in Kolkata. It is now suspected that the accused must have left Kolkata on December 22, reached Mumbai on December 23 or 24, after which he must have killed the youth. The police have found no sign of robbery, and hence suspect the murder must have taken place due to an internal dispute.
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