15 year old girl missing Thursday allegedly killed after resisting rape attempt

A 15-year-old girl, reported missing from her home near here since Thursday, was allegedly killed by a man when she resisted his attempt to rape her, police said Saturday. Her body, buried in a banana plantation behind a hollow brick unit at Areeparambu near Manarcad, has been recovered, they said. Ajesh, 40, a friend of the girls father, has been arrested in this connection, police said. He is from a place called Maalam in the district. Police found that Ajesh, who was employed as a driver at the hollow bricks unit, had contacted her over phone. He had allegedly lured the girl and taken her to the unit in his lorry on Thursday, police added.