“Kerala: 5-year-old missing girl found dead in garbage yard in Aluva, accused Asfaq Alam says he had sold her to one Sakeer Hussain”, Opindia, July 29, 2023:

The case of a missing 5-year-old girl from Aluva in Kerala has turned out to be a shocking homicide. Investigators discovered her body placed inside a gunny bag in a garbage dump on 29 July, a day after she was taken from her rented home in Mukkat Plaza, Kochi in Kerala. According to police, she was kidnapped while her parents were at work, by a man identified as a migrant worker named Asfaq Alam.

However, while Kerala-based media like Manorama and Matribhumi have reported that Asfaq Alam is from Bihar, some others like Indian Express and Hindu report that the accused is from Assam.

The body of the girl in a sac was found by daily wage workers at the Aluva market near the Periyar River.

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