UP witnesses 559 sq km increase in forest and tree cover: ISFR 2023
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A heart-wrenching incident of brutality has come to light in the Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh where a semi-nude body of a teenage girl has been found in the Tundla area on Saturday morning — her hands were nailed, and eyes gouged out.
The 15-year-old girl, a class 10 student, had gone missing from home on Friday afternoon and her family kept searching for her throughout the night.
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The body was found in the fields on Saturday morning by the family members of the teenager. The body bore tell-tale marks of extreme brutality. Her hands were nailed and her eyes gouged out. The dead body was found in a semi-nude condition with the apprehension of rape before the murder.
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According to villagers, the girl’s mouth was stuffed with a piece of cloth. Nails were hammered into her hands and her eyes were gouged out. Police have sent the dead body for postmortem.
Station in-charge Pradeep Kumar confirmed that the girl has been strangled to death. Whether she was raped or not can be ascertained only after the receipt of the post-mortem report.
Meanwhile, the family of the victim has registered a complaint against unknown people, Kumar said.
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