Sacked guard kidnaps, kills 5-yr-old; demands Rs 20 lakh ransom
He then allegedly called her family, demanding a ransom of Rs 20 lakh. “Her mother had apparently asked her son to call his sister home around 7.30 pm. Vikram had been hired by the housing society four months ago and was fired from his job on Oct 9.
Cops said that the accused, Vikram , a native of Bihar, allegedly drowned the minor in a water sump in the community’s cellar after tying her hands and legs and weighing her down. He returned saying she would be back in five minutes,” the police official said. He refused, police said. Her hands and legs were tied, and two bricks had been tied around her waist, police said.
Hyderabad: In an incident that sent shockwaves through a gated community in Kowkoor, Bollarum, a five-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by a former security guard, just a day after he was removed from the job for poor conduct. CCTV footage from the community has helped investigators piece together the sequence of events, suggesting that Vikram followed the girl before allegedly abducting her. The family, meanwhile, began searching for the girl after she failed to return home. When the family could not find her at the clubhouse, concern turned to panic. The accused called again and allegedly asked the family to transfer the ransom to a bank account. they insisted that he show the girl on a video call to establish that she was safe Although the family agreed to pay. The family subsequently alerted the police, who rushed to the community. By then, the accused had switched off his phone. Residents examined CCTV footage from the gated community and spotted the girl leaving the clubhouse, with a man following her at some distance. When police traced the number used to make the ransom calls, they found that it belonged to a security guard employed at the society. Acting on the guard’s statement, police and residents searched the clubhouse cellar and found the girl’s body in a water sump.