The body of a minor girl who was studying in class-12 and had gone missing earlier this week, was found inside a well near her home in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district, police said on August 11.
According to officials, a teacher at the school where the girl was studying has been arrested on suspicion following a complaint by the victim’s family.
Speaking to ANI, Harshvardhan Agarwala, Superintendent of Police, Sawai Madhopur, said that the matter came to light after a complaint was lodged by the victim’s family at Bonli Police Station on August 9.
“The victim’s family in their complainant claimed that she had been kidnapped and they suspected the involvement of a teacher from the school, where she was studying, in the same. Based on the complaint a case was registered and the accused teacher was arrested. The girl’s body was found in a well near her house on the same day when the complaint was lodged,” SP Harshvardhan Agarwala said.
“Further investigation is underway,” he said.
Speaking to the media in Sawai Mdhopur, Rajasthan Minister Govind Ram Meghwal said that “Culprits will not be spared under any circumstances”.
“You know that incidents of crime are taking place across India. But atrocities are being committed on Dalits in Uttar Pradesh and no action is being taken there. Those who speak up against crimes there are put behind bars. However, culprits will not be spared under any circumstance in the Gehlot-led Congress state of Rajasthan – no matter who they might be,” he said.
