Shillong, Sept 17: A 13-year-old boy has been produced before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) for his alleged involvement in the recent tragic death of a 4-year-old girl at Nongrah Nonglum Brei in Shillong.
According to East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem, the boy, a neighbor and frequent visitor of the victim’s family, has admitted to taking the girl to a nearby construction site, from where her body was found on September 15.
The girl identified as Insaphira Lyngdoh Mawnai was reportedly gone missing from her residence at 8am on September 14.
The police investigation, led by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by SP (City) Herbert Kharkongor, revealed that the boy had taken the girl to the construction site, where he slipped and pulled the girl along, resulting in her accidental drowning.
The post-mortem report confirmed that the cause of death was drowning, with no evidence of physical injury or sexual assault.
During the SIT investigation, the boy confessed to taking the girl to the site and attempting to distract attention by concocting a story about a black Scorpio vehicle and masked men.
“He was sent to the juvenile home yesterday for observation. Today thorough medical examination and several medical tests have been done on this boy. He has now been produced before the Juvenile Justice Board,” Syiem told reporters on Wednesday.
“The post mortem was also received today and it revealed that the cause of death was due to drowning. There is no body injuries, there is no sexual assault and the death was 24 to 36 hours from the time post-mortem was done so that indicates the death happened in that place and not in any other places,” he said.
Further, the SP said the SIT will further investigate the claims of the boy to ascertain whether it was accidental or otherwise.
“SIT has got 90 days to investigate this case. Right now what we have proven is that it is the boy who has taken the girl child to the site. It also proven that there is no robbery because her gold earrings are in tact. It is also proven that there was no sexaul assault and it is also proven that there was no body injury. The post mortem report has revealed that it was a case of drowning,” Syiem said adding “We need to find out further whether this boy had a motive. We need to find out further whether it is anything other than accidental.”
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