JOIN USAn eight-year-old girl was found raped and smothered at a desolate place near the Pillagumpe Industrial Area off Hoskote in Bengaluru Rural district on Thursday, police said.
The girl, a class 2 student, returned from school around 4.30 pm and went to play outside her home near Sulibele. Her parents, hailing from Hubballi, work in a brick kiln. They returned home around 6 pm but didn’t find her.
They went looking for and found her lying semi-nude at a desolate place near the industrial area. They called neighbours for help and took her to a hospital where doctors declared her dead. Police suspect she was raped. They questioned the neighbours and it emerged the girl was last seen talking to one of them.
Businessman ends life
A businessman hanged himself at his home in Subramanyanagar on Wednesday. Police said they didn’t find any death note.
Anil Kumar, 45, who ran a food production unit, is survived by mother, wife and a son who is studying in Mysuru. He had returned home from Nelamangala in the morning. He asked his chauffer to wait outside and went into the house.
He saw his wife leaving for work. He told his mother that a relative, who lives nearby, wanted to see her. When everyone left home, he went into his bedroom and hanged himself.