Overview
- Local residents discovered the girl's body in a forested area on the outskirts of Sanjay Gandhi National Park and alerted Samta Nagar Police, who launched a criminal probe.
- Police described the assault as exceptionally violent, saying the teenager had a slit throat and multiple wounds with severe chest injuries.
- Investigators identified and detained 29-year-old Suraj Waghmare, who police say was in a relationship with the victim and suspected she was talking to another person.
- Officers say Waghmare lured the girl to the secluded spot and later confessed, and detectives have registered a murder case, sent the body for post-mortem, and are trying to locate the weapon.
- Because the victim is a minor and the scene was remote, police face extra legal and forensic steps to secure evidence and to determine whether others were involved.