A six-year-old girl was allegedly strangled to death by the headmaster of her school in Gujarat. The incident happened in Gujarat's Gandhinagar. The principal tried to molest the girl in his car. But after the girl raised an alarm, the principal strangled her to silence her. Her body was later found in the backyard of the school, police said.
The incident has been reported by The Indian Express. According to the police, the girl's mother had gone to drop her daughter to school as usual on Thursday morning, while the school principal was going to school in his car. He then left the girl in the car. The mother sent her daughter to school with the teacher.
Trying to get in the way
Meanwhile, the principal tried to rape the girl in the car on the way. But the girl resisted. Seeing this, the headmaster strangled the girl to silence her.
Shockingly, the man kept the child's body in his car throughout the day. After school, he worked all day. After leaving school, he kept the girl's footwear and bag on the bench outside and inside the classroom respectively. The girl's body was later found in the backyard of the school.
And so the police investigation began.
Police immediately began investigations. According to this, it was certain that the girl was last seen with the school principal. Her mother sent her to the principal at 10: 20 a.m. But according to other students and teachers, the girl did not come to school on Thursday, "Zala said.
"Initially, the principal said he did not know where the girl had gone after dropping her to school. He later confessed to the crime, "he said.
Attempt to mislead police
Meanwhile, the accused also tried to mislead the police. He told the police that a teacher at the school had called him in the evening. The principal claimed that he was the one who told her that the girl was missing. However, the police traced the location of his mobile phone.
During our questioning, he later confessed that he had tried to sexually assault the girl in the car while she was on her way to school. But when the girl protested, he killed her to pacify her. Then he went to school and worked all day.
Arriving late at school raises suspicion
Meanwhile, the police also grew suspicious as the accused principal realised that it was much later than usual to reach the school that day. According to the police, the girl was not in school the whole day and her body was found in the backyard of the school. But a student told the police that he had seen the girl's shoes in the principal's car. Moreover, it was revealed in the police investigation that the accused principal left the school after everyone that day.