Rohtas: A nine-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Chitratand village, Rohtas district, after going missing from her home on Thursday evening. Her body was discovered in a well on Friday morning.
The child, identified as Akriti Kumari, was a class two student at Upkramit Madhya Vidyalaya, Chitratand. She was stabbed in the head, and villagers reported that her body had been thrown into the well to conceal the crime.
Family members said Akriti had stayed home on Thursday as there were no school exams scheduled that day. She went missing after 5 pm, and a search by her family began around 6:30 pm. When she was not found, the family filed a missing person report with the local police later that night.
The body was discovered at around 11 am near a jamun tree, roughly 300 meters east of the family home. Police, accompanied by a dog squad and forensic team, recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital, Sasaram, for post-mortem examination.
In-charge SHO Jitendra Kumar confirmed that investigations are underway to identify the perpetrator and determine the circumstances of the murder.
