An eight-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, raped, and then murdered in the Yamuna Khadar woodland region of Central Delhi by a 36-year-old butcher, according to police.
They said that the man cut the girl's throat and disfigured her face.
Born in Bihar, Rizwan aka Badshah moved to Delhi 20 years ago in search of employment. According to investigators, he was a butcher in the Turkman Gate neighborhood.
They claimed that Rizwan, a rumored drug user, frequented Yamuna Khadar to consume marijuana.
A resident of Daryaganj said that during the night of August 4–5, when he was asleep at home with his wife and four children, one of his daughters was missing from home.
He made a report and, according to police, a case of kidnapping under section 363 of the Indian Penal Code was lodged after combing the neighborhood for her in vain.
The body of the missing girl, who had suffered stab wounds, was discovered on August 18 in the Yamuna Khadar neighborhood.
According to a senior police officer, the Indian Penal Code's section 302 (murder) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act were added to the FIR based on the post-mortem report.
A team of 50 police officers has been assembled to investigate the matter, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Shweta Chauhan, and a massive manhunt has been started to discover the offender.
The local CCTV cameras were all checked, but nothing was discovered. She said that 200 residents of the Yamuna Khadar area and its surrounding areas were questioned in order to gather information about the offender.
According to a top-secret report, Rizwan alias Badshah, a butcher by trade, used to routinely visit the jhuggi and made friends with the victim by giving him toffees and other treats.
"It was established that Rizwan had visited Yamuna Khadar on the day of the incident, Rizwan was surrounded and searched. He confessed to the crime after lengthy questioning, she said.
According to the DCP, Rizwan disclosed that during his excursions to the Yamuna Khadar region, he had grown close to the victim's mother and became friends with the minor girl.
He added that he had chosen to kill the victim because she had witnessed him having a private moment with her mother.
Rizwan claimed that he visited the victim's neighborhood the day of the incident and smoked weed there. According to the DCP, he waited till nighttime and when all of the victim's family members were asleep.
He claimed to have seen the young girl sleeping inside with her family when he went inside the family's hut, according to police.
He kidnapped the young girl, took her to a secluded area in Yamuna Khadar's neighboring forest, and sexually assaulted her there.
Then, Chauhan continued, "he cut her throat and disfigured her face."
The weapon used in the incident has been identified, said police.
