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- Gorakhpur police have arrested a Dial 112 constable, Abhishek Yadav, for the murder of 10-year-old Deepika, who went missing from the district hospital on the night of July 28 and whose body was recovered from a river near Chitaha bridge.
- Police say he lured the girl onto his Apache bike on the pretext of dropping her home, and was traced after examining around 200 CCTV cameras and tracing the bike's number.
- The accused was earlier suspended and jailed in a rape case from February 2025 and was on bail, posted at Dial 112 since last September.
- Police plan to dismiss him from service, act under the NSA, and pursue the case in a fast-track court.
What to watch next
- Departmental dismissal letter to the state government and NSA action against the constable
- Proceedings in the fast-track court
- Inquiry into how a constable facing a prior rape charge was posted at Dial 112
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