7-year-old girl raped and killed at Ghaziabad mall site, minor among 2 detained

GHAZIABAD: A seven-year-old girl, whose brothers, also children, saw two men offering her chips and a cold drink before taking her away with them, was allegedly gang-raped, murdered and thrown into the sub-basement of a mall under construction in Raj Nagar Extension, where her parents work as labourers.Her body was recovered nearly five hours after she went missing. Police have detained at least two suspects, one of them a juvenile, identified through CCTV footage recovered from the site. The accused, police said, allegedly sexually assaulted the child on the third floor and threw her body down a shaft three levels below. The girl’s head and face had gashes, and it appeared her hands and legs were broken when the body was found around 1 am.ACP Priyashree Pal said, “A team from Nandgram police station and forensic units inspected the scene to collect evidence.