A six year old girl’s body has been discovered after she was raped and killed by her principal and guardian， Govind Natt， in the Gujarat’s Dahod district, India.
The girl who was in Class 1 was choked to death by the principal after she initially resisted which infuriated the accused and killed her after sexually assaulting her.
According to the Senior police officer Rajdeep Singh Jhala, the principal later dumped her body in the school compound while her bag and shoes were dumped near the classroom.
Following investigation into her death, the police arrested the 55-year-old principal
Jhala said the girl’s corpse was found in the school premises and a post-mortem conducted indicated that she was choked to death.
According to the girl’s mother, the principal was the victim’s guardian who usually took her to school everyday
Initially, when interrogated, the principal reportedly denied involvement in the murder, claiming he had dropped the girl at the school and left for some work on the day of the incident.
Not convinced of the principal’s claim, the police investigated his phone location details on the day of the incident, and discovered that he arrived at school late that day. On further interrogation, Natt confessed to raping and killing the girl.
Narrating how Natt killed the girl, the police stated that around 10.20 am on the day of the incident, the principal picked the girl from home in the presence of her mother who helped her get into the principal’s car and saw her off.
“On the way to school, the principal tried to sexually assault her, and she started shouting. The principal choked the girl to stop her from shouting. On reaching the school, the principal left the girl’s body in his car and locked the vehicle.
“Around 5 pm, he dumps the body behind the school building and plants her school bag and shoes outside her classroom. He denied this initially, but we suspected him after the technical analysis,” Mr Jhala said.
Reacting to the incident, the State Education Minister Kuber Dindor described the incident as a’ shameful incident for the society.’
“I am pained by this. We were following this up for three days. We had told the police to get to the bottom of this. The principal has been arrested. I condemn this incident and we will take steps to ensure such crimes are not repeated.”
