A subsequent search in the accused’s flat led the police to the girl’s body, which was hidden in a plastic container and placed on the upper shelf of the bathroom.“The accused was subsequently arrested from Bhopal railway station, while he was preparing to flee. His mother and sister too have been arrested for aiding the crime,” Bhopal police commissioner Harinarayanchari Mishra told .While the accused has confessed to sexually assaulting and killing her, the full autopsy report of the girl’s body is awaited.“Our teams searched the neighbouring flat also, but couldn’t track the body which was hidden on the upper shelf of the bathroom. The accused wanted to take the plastic container out of the building and abandon the body at some desolate place, but failed to do so owing to heavy police presence in the residential area since the last two days,” a senior Bhopal police official said.Initial questioning of the accused has revealed that his wife had left him some months back. In the past too, he has been accused in a case of molestation in his native Khargone district.Meanwhile, angered over the horrific crime, local residents and local Congress MLA Arif Masood protested outside the Shahjahanabad police station, demanding that the accused be hanged.The state’s CM Dr Mohan Yadav, in a post on social media platform X, wrote, “The police have arrested all the three accused involved in the sensitive incident that happened with a five-year-old girl in Shahjahanabad area of Bhopal. People with such a corrupt mindset cannot have any place in society. In this case, about 200 police officers/employees were continuously engaged in searching for the girl for the last 48 hours.” He added, “SIT has been formed to investigate this heinous crime. The investigation team has been directed to study all the facts in depth and no culprit involved in this unfortunate incident should be spared. There is a provision of death penalty for such heinous crimes and our government will try to ensure that such criminals get the harshest punishment like death penalty. Along with this, the government is committed to provide speedy justice in all such cases in the state through fast track courts. I have deep condolences with the family of the innocent child. The whole of Madhya Pradesh is with the bereaved family in this hour of grief.”
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