Overview
- The child went missing on Friday, August 28, and her body was recovered the next day from a field in Haldoni village, Greater Noida.
- Investigators say local CCTV footage shows a man leading the girl away and later carrying a sack that matched where the body was found, and the footage helped identify a suspect.
- The girl's family has alleged she was raped and murdered and say they handed over a man who lived nearby to police for questioning.
- Reports conflict over the suspect's status: some accounts say he was taken into custody while a later report says he was shot and died during an exchange of fire when police were reconstructing the crime scene; authorities have not confirmed a final account.
- Police deployed an FSL team and have sent the body for a videographed post-mortem by a panel of doctors, and officials say they will wait for those forensic and medical findings before filing charges or drawing conclusions, as villagers press for swift justice.