Uttar Pradesh: A chilling incident unfolded in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi as a man was arrested for allegedly trespassing on a graveyard and exhuming the body of a five-year-old girl on Sunday. According to police, the girl's father found the accused, Mohammad Rafeeq, sleeping next to his daughter's body.
The girl, who died last week due to an ailment, was buried in a graveyard at Rewari Talab. After a few days, the girl's father paid a visit to the graveyard and grew suspicious, following which he decided to dig her grave. Upon digging, the father, a resident of Dashashwamedh area, found the body missing and spotted the accused, who was in an inebriated form, sleeping next to the body.
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Rafeeq was apprehended and booked under Section 297 (trespassing on burial places) of the Indian Penal Code.
After the conduction post-mortem, three doctors, including a woman doctor, raised suspicion of sexual assault on the body and further suggested DNA profiling (test) of the accused. An application would be filed in court, requesting DNA sample collection from the accused for the test, said deputy commissioner of police, RS Gautam.