A 12-year-old mentally challenged girl was raped and killed brutally in Baiganwadi, Govandi on Saturday by an unknown man.

Yet the accuse was not yet identified but the victims brother suspects that one among their family members might be involved in his sister death. Her brother suspects that one of his uncles might be involved in the crime.

“There is already a criminal case against my uncle, so we suspect he might be involved, which we told the police. At around 5 pm on Saturday, my uncle came to look for me at home, as I hadn’t been going to work since a month. He also asked for my phone number, but my mother didn’t give it to him. He left our house around the same time my sister went missing,” he said.

The deputy commissioner of police (zone VI), Sangramsingh Nishandar said, the girls parent came and filed a missing complaint at midnight and the girls went missing around 6 pm. The victim’s body was found half a kilometer from their house and the body was seen by a watchman-cum- sweeper at around 5.30 am when he had gone to work, and informed the police.

The body was found rolled up in a mat and victim was taken to Rajawadi Hospital and her parents were called to identify the body. The victim was strangled to death by a dupatta, and her hands were also tied with cloth. The cops are examining all angles in the case.

(Priyanka)