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{{Short description|Murder case in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox event
| title = Killing of Chandini
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| date = 28 July 2023
| venue = [[Aluva|Aluva market]],
| location = [[Aluva]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
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| cause = Sexual assault and strangled to death
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| first_reporter = Unnamed person
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| outcome = Death of Chandini
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| reported deaths = 1
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| arrests = 1
| suspects =
| accused = Ashfaq Aslam
| convicted =
| charges = 9 including [[murder]] and [[Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act|POCSO]]
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'''Chandini''' was a five-year-old student who migrated from the state of [[Bihar]] to the state of [[Kerala]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Child abducted from Aluva by migrant labourer found murdered - The New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/jul/29/child-abducted-from-aluva-by-migrant-labourer-found-murdered-2599878.amp |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.newindianexpress.com}}</ref> She lived with her parents in a rented flat in [[Choornikkara|Choornikkara village]], [[Aluva]] and was a class one student at the Thaikkattukara UP school. Chandini went missing around 3:30 pm on 28 July 2023. Her body was found abandoned in a sack 21 hours later near the Aluva market area. After the post-mortem, the police confirmed that she was strangled to death after being sexually assaulted.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-29 |title=Body of missing girl in Aluva found abandoned in a sack near market area |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-aluva-missing-girl-body-found-abandoned-sack-near-market/article67134718.ece |access-date=2023-07-29 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Kidnapping and killing==
On 28 July 2023, Chandini was allegedly abducted by Ashfaq Aslam, a native of [[Assam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aluva girl gets tearful farewell |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/jul/31/aluva-girl-gets-tearful-farewell-2600306.html |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> They were in the Aluva market around 3:30 pm and he walked behind her. Seeing him and the girl, some people were suspicious, but the accused replied that it was his child. The accused then allegedly came to a secluded place behind the market, sexually assaulted Chandini, and killed her around 5:30 pm.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Afsaq brought child to Aluva market at 3pm, claimed she was his daughter,' says eyewitness |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2023/07/29/chandini-murder-aluva-5-year-old-eyewitness.html |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref> The inquest revealed that there was a wound on her genitals. The accused had allegedly strangled her with her own clothes, and hit her face with a stone. After confirming her death, he allegedly put plastic covers and sacks over her body.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-29 |title=Chandini subjected to torture, murdered where she was found: Police |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/chandini-subjected-to-torture-by-ashfaq-aslam-murdered-where-she-was-found-police-1.8772811 |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref>

==Investigation==
After CCTV footage showed Chandini accompanying Aslam to the neighbouring bus stop, the police detained him,. He had moved in to live in the floor above Chandini's home two days earlier. The girl remained missing even after police tracked down Aslam near Thottakkattukara in Aluva around 10.45 pm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aluva Kidnap & Murder Case: Will go with further proceedings after postmortem report, say Police {{!}} City - Times of India Videos |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/kochi/aluva-kidnap-murder-case-will-go-with-further-proceedings-after-postmortem-report-say-police/videoshow/102238941.cms |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He was in an intoxicated state, the police claimed, making it impossible to get information out of him. In the morning, Aluva market employees told the police that they had seen a man with a child there, the night before. Aslam initially told the police that he had given the child to a man named Zakir, after becoming sober the next morning. However, later he admitted to the crime. The body was then discovered on the banks of the [[Periyar river]] in the market area about noon, where trash is deposited behind the market. Later, Chandini's body was identified by her father.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daily |first=Keralakaumudi |title=Five-year-old girl in Aluva killed after sexual assault, post-mortem report confirms |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=1118019&u= |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Keralakaumudi Daily |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2001 Aluva massacre]]
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