On June 27, an 8-year-old girl visiting her aunt in Mohammadabad, Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh, went to a mango orchard where 55-year-old Manu Subhash lured her away. CCTV footage showed Subhash walking his bicycle while instructing the child to walk a few steps behind him to avoid raising suspicion. He took her to a secluded area, sexually assaulted her, and murdered her. Subhash then transported her body approximately 70 kilometers to Ghazipur, dumping it in a field near a canal. Her body was recovered on June 28 following a missing person complaint filed by her family. Following a 20-day manhunt, police located Subhash hiding in a forest behind the Khatu Shyam temple in Mohammadabad early on July 18. Subhash opened fire on the 19-member police team, injuring SOG in-charge Sachin Chaudhary and a constable, before police returned fire. Subhash was shot and subsequently died during medical treatment.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Farrukhabad
Incident Type: Murder
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Incident Date: June 27, 2025
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This case involves a predatory sexual offense and homicide committed against a minor child by a local male resident with a documented criminal history. The perpetrator used deceptive tactics and deliberate distancing while in public to avoid drawing attention while abducting the victim. The sequence progressed rapidly from targeted opportunistic abduction to sexual violence, murder, disposal of evidence, and prolonged evasion.
The case does not appear to be primarily relationship-driven; the victim was an 8-year-old child visiting her aunt, targeted opportunistically by an older local resident. Police identified the suspect through local CCTV footage showing the girl walking behind him. Subhash had a criminal record dating back to a 1999 murder case under the Meerapur police station, as well as charges under the SC/ST Act and Arms Act. A 19-member police team located him in a forest behind the Khatu Shyam temple on July 18; after he opened fire with a pistol, police returned fire, fatally injuring him.
Initially, the victim's family was unaware of her location when she went missing from a mango orchard, prompting a missing person and kidnapping complaint. The recovery of an unidentified body by Ghazipur police 70 kilometers away required cross-district coordination and family identification to link the crime back to the Farrukhabad abduction.
On June 27, Manu Subhash encountered the 8-year-old victim at a mango orchard in Mohammadabad and enticed her to follow him. CCTV footage captured Subhash walking his bicycle while directing the girl to keep a short distance behind him. He led her to a secluded area, committed sexual assault, murdered her, and transported her body to Ghazipur to dump near a canal. Ghazipur police located the body on June 28, and her family subsequently identified her. Subhash fled into nearby dense forest areas for 20 days until an informant disclosed his hiding spot behind a local temple. When surrounded by police on July 18, he opened fire before being fatally wounded in retaliatory gunfire.
The offender presented extreme societal risk as a repeat violent criminal and habitual child predator with access to firearms. His calculated public behavior and effort to transport the victim's body 70 kilometers away demonstrated deliberate strategy to evade detection and accountability.
Predatory offenders may employ subtle behavioral tactics, such as enforcing physical distance in public settings, to avoid drawing suspicion while moving victims. Rapid analysis of public CCTV footage and prompt inter-district law enforcement communication were pivotal in identifying the suspect and resolving the victim's location.
CCTV footage showing the 8-year-old girl following a middle-aged man walking a bicycle in Mohammadabad provided the primary breakthrough identifying Manu Subhash as the abduction suspect.
The discovery of an unidentified child's body near a canal in Ghazipur matched the description of the girl reported missing in neighboring Farrukhabad district.
Key evidence included CCTV visual recordings, family identification of the recovered body, and the recovery of a firearm used by the suspect to fire upon officers during his apprehension.
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Follow-up reports revealed that the suspect was a habitual offender with a history of violent crimes dating back to a 1999 murder case, leading authorities to characterize him as a habitual child predator.
It remains unconfirmed whether Manu Subhash was formally linked to other unsolved child disappearance or assault cases beyond his documented criminal record.