An agriculture scientist’s five-year-old daughter was kidnapped and murdered allegedly by a security guard at a gated community in Secunderabad, police said on Sunday. The girl, who was kidnapped on Saturday evening, was found dead in the cellar of a clubhouse at Villa Orchids in Kowkur, Bollarum, where the family is residing
Several police teams conducted searches in the surrounding areas on Saturday night. Police suspect that the security guard murdered the child after demanding ransom. The suspect, identified as Vikram, was employed as a security guard at the gated community. Drone cameras were also deployed as part of the search operations. Police were continuing the efforts to trace the suspect and establish the sequence of events leading to the child’s death.
Moses Aureli (5) went missing while playing on Saturday evening near her villa in Villa Orchids in Kowkur under the limits of Bollarum Police Station of Malkajgiri Commissionerate. Police have formed 10 special teams to trace Vikram, whose phone was reportedly switched off near Secunderabad Railway Station.
Though they agreed to pay the money, the accused had later switched off his phone. The kidnapper had reportedly called the girl’s family demanding a ransom of Rs 20 lakh.
Police registered a case on a complaint by the girl’s parents and launched an operation to trace the child. Preliminary investigation by the police revealed that Vikram was following the girl before kidnapping her.
