Goemkarponn desk
VASCO: In a tragic incident, the dead body of a 5-year-old girl was found in suspicious conditions behind an under-construction site at Vaddem, Vasco in the wee hours of Friday morning
According to the information available, the body of the girl child was found by the parents after they realised that the girl had gone missing and they immediately shifted the body to the Chicalim Sub District Hospital where she was declared dead
While the mother of the child alleged that her 5-year-old daughter could have been raped and murdered, the Vasco police have begun the investigation into the sensitive incident.
South Goa SP Sunita Sawant said that the workers of the under-construction site-building have been called for an investigation.
“We got a call from Chicalim Cottage hospital that a girl of around 5 years had been brought to the hospital and that during checking the doctors realised that she had died,” said Sawant.
She added that immediately the Mormugao DySP Santosh Desai and Vasco PI Kapil Nayak began the investigation and we carried out the inquest panchanama and sent the body for post-mortem.
“Primarily it was observed that the girl had froth coming out of the nose and we are carrying out an investigation. We have realised that many migrants are working on the under-construction site and we have also called them for investigation. Our IGP Ombir Singh had personally come to the Vasco police station and we are investigating the incident from all angles,” said Sawant.