Neighbour booked for murdering girl

After the body of a 21-year-old girl was found in the house of her neighbour, the Model Town police registered a case of murder against the man late on Saturday evening.

The suspect was identified as Vishawnath Pandit. He was yet to be arrested in the case.

The complainant, the mother of the deceased and a resident of Azad Nagar, said her daughter had gone missing under mysterious circumstances on October 30 from their house and they searched for her at various places but in vain. On Saturday morning, on suspicion when the house of their neighbour Vishawnath was searched by breaking open its lock, the body of her daughter was found in the kitchen. The body was kept under the shelf, wrapped in a blanket.

She alleged that the suspect had been keeping a bad eye on her daughter and it seemed that on October 30 he forcibly took her daughter to his room and killed her. After killing her daughter, he locked the room and fled the scene.

SI Parmider Singh said a raid was being conducted to nab the suspect.