Overview
- The seven-year-old was found in a water drum at her neighbour’s house in Madanapalle, with the post-mortem indicating sexual assault and drowning.
- CCTV analysis led police to identify the neighbour, Kulavardhan, as the prime accused and register charges including murder, rape and POCSO.
- Large demonstrations and highway blockades in the town hindered routine procedures, including moving the child’s body for examination.
- Police say the accused escaped from a Rakshak vehicle when a protest blocked the route, and his body was later recovered from a nearby tank.
- Senior officers report a preliminary assessment of suicide, with the investigation continuing and an autopsy to establish the exact cause of death.