5-Year-Old Girl Kidnapped, Killed

As the family fails to pay ransom…

Delhi: On Thursday, 21 March 2024, Police informed that a 5-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped from her home in Agra.

Later, kidnappers killed her after her family failed to pay the ransom, the police said.

Reportedly, the kidnappers had demanded Rs. 6 lakhs from her family.

The girl, identified as Pallavi, was allegedly kidnapped by people from her village who were unable to repay their loans.

Realizing their daughter was missing, the family reported the incident to the police and filed a missing person complaint, following which the police launched a manhunt for the girl.

The police arrested two suspects and took them into custody.

During the interrogation, they confessed their crime that they were involved in the girl's kidnapping and her murder.

Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India.

According to the 2021 annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 31,677 rape cases were registered across the Nation, or an average of 86 cases daily, a rise from 2020 with 28,046 cases, while in 2019, 32,033 cases were registered.

Of the total 31,677 rape cases, 28,147 (nearly 89per cent) of the rapes were committed by persons known to the victim. The share of victims who were minors or below 18 – the legal age of consent – stood at 10per cent.