Overview
- Police arrested 24-year-old neighbor Gaurav Prajapati around 3 am after he was shot in both legs when officers say he opened fire during a recovery operation.
- Officers recovered a country-made pistol, two used cartridges and one live cartridge from the suspect.
- An FIR has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 103 for murder and 238 for causing disappearance of evidence.
- Reports diverge on the autopsy, with one account stating sexual assault was confirmed and another saying the post-mortem report is awaited, so rape and SC/ST Act charges remain pending.
- Police say the accused lured the child from home, allegedly confessed to rape and murder during interrogation, and the body was found in bushes near the house after a local search.