Six detained in rape, murder of 9-year-old girl in Kurla

Six persons have been detained in connection with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl, whose body was found in police quarters in suburban Kurla yesterday, police said here today.
        
"We have detained six persons and are gathering cicumstancial evidence. A special team has been formed to trace the accused at the earliest," said deputy police commissioner Dilip Sawant.
        
The body of a nine-year-old girl, who went missing since Saturday evening, was found raped before being murdered and her body was discovered on the terrace of building No 109 at the police quarters on Sunday morning, they said.
        
Ironically, Nehru Nagar police station's senior inspector Prakash Kale stays in the same building, that is merely 10 metres away from his police station.
        
The deceased's father had on Sunday at 12.30 am filed a missing person's complaint after his daughter went missing since Saturday evening.
        
The girl's body was discovered at around 9 am on Sunday morning, when the son of a cop staying in the building went to the terrace.
        
This is the second such incident in a month time in Kurla area. On February 8, a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered at a construction site.