Accused in girl child murder case arrested

Tirupati: Srikalahasti police on Thursday arrested Mirzavali (35) on charges of killing one-year-old girl child Salam, daughter of Khalil and Ayesha, who went missing on September 2.The girl child was abducted and was thrown in a water sump near a college here, whose body was found floating on September 7.

According to Srikalahasti DSP Venkata Kishore, the accused who nurtured a grudge against Khalil, resorted to heinous act of abducting the girl and dumping her later in the water sump, leading to her death.

Mirzavali who ekes out a livelihood as rickshaw puller married Fatima, sister of Khalil, but differences cropped up between them, which prompted the vengeful accused to abduct the girl and kill her later, the
DSP said.