Neighbour Kidnaps, Kills 3-Year-Old Girl In..

New Delhi: A three-year-old girl was kidnapped and killed allegedly by a neighbour in southwest Delhi, police said on Friday.The girl’s body was found in a drain and the accused was arrested after a brief exchange of fire, they said.According to police, the incident occurred on Wednesday evening when the victim’s family reported the kidnapping of their daughter from the Kapashera area.A police team was sent to the spot immediately. The victim’s mother told police that they have been staying here in a rented accommodation for the last five years,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest), Rohit Meena said.”She told us that her daughter was playing outside of the house and at around 6 pm, her daughter was kidnapped by a neighbour,” the DCP said.Based on her complaint, an FIR was lodged and a massive search operation was launched to trace the girl and the accused. Police examined the CCTV footage, he said.”In one camera, at 7.05 pm, the accused was seen with the girl going towards a drain. In the same camera, he was caught returning alone without the girl at around 7.25 pm,” DCP Meena said.The accused, Anil (34), was traced and detained at about 11.55 pm, the same day from a bus heading towards Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, he said.”He was interrogated and initially denied having played any role whatsoever in the kidnapping. But during sustained interrogation, he broke down and admitted to having killed and dumped the girl in a marshy drain located at the border of Gurgaon and Kapashera,” DCP said.