Kochi: The postmortem of the five-year-old girl killed in Aluva revealed that she had been sexually assaulted. The girl was strangled to death after the assault.

The post-mortem report revealed multiple injuries to the child's body and private parts, along with a head injury caused by hitting with a stone. Her own clothes were used to suffocate her.

The incident unfolded when a five-year-old migrant girl was abducted from her home on Friday. The police took Ashfaq Alam, a Bihar native, into custody the same night. Despite their efforts, the police could not locate the girl. His initial statement was incoherent due to intoxication. He claimed to have handed the child over to someone else, leading to the detainment of his friend as well. However, an investigation found this statement to be false, and the accused later confessed to the crime, police said.

The body was discovered near the Aluva market on Saturday morning.

A special police team, led by the DySP, is investigating the case to ascertain whether others were involved in the incident.

The child, residing in a rented apartment in Choornikkara panchayat with her parents, was a class one student at Thaikkattukara UP school.

Currently, the child's body is at Kalamassery Medical College Hospital.