Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Hyderabad Police Probe Suspected Murder After 7-Year-Old Found in Rooftop Water Tank

Investigators treat the death as homicide after reports that the child's hands were bound.

Overview

  • The victim, identified as Humeyni Sumaiya, was found on Wednesday in a water tank atop her maternal grandparents' home under Madannapet police limits.
  • She had been reported missing on Tuesday after visiting the house with her parents, according to police reports.
  • India Today reports police altered the case to murder after discovering her hands and legs were tied.
  • Officers conducted a panchanama, registered a case, and sent the body for postmortem, with forensic findings pending.
  • Yakutpura MLA Jaffar Hussain Mehraj said he pressed senior officials for a thorough probe, while no arrests have been announced.