A gruesome murder came to light in Vijayawada on Sunday, 10 November, as a seven-year-old girl, was found dead in her neighbour’s house, nearly fifteen hours after a frantic search was launched. The child's body was found stuffed in a bag, at the residence of the accused, identified as Prakash.
The child’s parents, Anil and Ramanamma, had two sons and a daughter. On Sunday night around 11 pm, Anil, who works at a nearby liquor godown, filed a complaint with the Bhavanipuram police about his missing child.
According to the police, the child had been missing since Sunday evening. “We formed four teams to look for her. We searched everywhere around the locality, we looked into CCTV footage, we looked at major bus and railway stations. We even used drone cameras to see if she might have fallen into a pit or a well, but couldn’t find any clues,” Bhavanipuram sub-inspector Israel told TNM.