Gujarat Shocker: 9-Year-Old Girl Kidnapped, Dumped In Plastic Bag; Accused Helps Cops Find Victim

Last Updated:November 15, 2025, 17:51 IST

The girl went missing earlier this week, and the main accused helped the police and her parents in searching for her after they lodged a missing persons complaint.

The main accused confessed to killing the girl due to a dispute with her father (Image: Representative)

In a shocking incident, a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped, strangled to death and dumped in a plastic bag in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar. What was even more puzzling is that the main accused helped the police and the victim’s parents in searching for her.

The girl went missing on November 12 (Wednesday) before going to school, sources told India Today. When her parents received news of her disappearance, they lodged a missing persons complaint at a local police station, claiming that she was kidnapped.

After the complaint, the police launched a probe and formed 40 teams to locate the girl. After an elaborate search operation, comprising the examination of CCTV footage to drone cameras, human intelligence and technical inputs, the girl’s body was found in a plastic bag behind her neighbour’s house.

An Old Rivalry Behind The Murder

The police called an FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) team, fingerprint experts and a dog squad, and the girl’s body was sent for post-mortem. The police suspected that someone known was behind the murder, and rounded up all the neighbours for interrogation.

During the interrogation, Anil Devipujak confessed to killing the girl due to a dispute with her father. What was strange was that Devipujak also helped the police and the girl’s parents locate her body, pretending to help the cops, according to the India Today report.

Police are continuing the investigation and looking into whether the accused did something against the girl’s wishes.

In a separate incident, a 4-year-old girl who went missing from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Fort area in Mumbai nearly six months ago has been found in Varanasi and safely reunited with her parents.

The child had travelled with her family from Solapur to Mumbai for her father’s medical treatment at St. George Hospital. She disappeared on May 20 while playing near the station. Her parents immediately alerted the police. The breakthrough came when a local journalist alerted the Mumbai team that a Marathi-speaking girl matched the description of the missing child at an orphanage in Varanasi.

Aveek Banerjee

Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master's in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international...Read More

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