Sultanpur : A 10-year-old-girl allegedly died after being thrown into a well by her grandmother in Nonra village of this district on Saturday, police said.
Around ten in the morning on Saturday, Riya, the 10-year-old daughter of Santosh Nishad, was reportedly thrown into the Nonra village well by her grandmother.
With the assistance of the locals, the girl was pulled out of the well and brought to the Community Health Center in Kadipur, where the doctors pronounced her dead, according to police.
They said that a post-mortem examination has been ordered for the girl’s body.
When asked about the reason for the incident, Station House Officer (SHO) Ashok Kumar Singh said that the girl’s grandmother Sudama (50) threw her into the well due to a family dispute.
The accused is on the run and will be arrested soon, he added.
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