Six-year-old girl raped; body dumped near railway line

A six-year-old girl has allegedly been raped, murdered and the body dumped near a railway track, police said Friday. The girl celebrated played Holi on Thursday and was reportedly missing since that afternoon, the police said.

Her parents lodged a complaint late in the evening after a search for her was in vain, they said. A case was registered and police teams were formed to trace the girl. That night, they found her body near a railway track. Her nine-year-old brother provided the police with a lead that he saw a person living nearby going along with his sister. The suspect, who lives with his friends hailing from a northern state, was interrogated and he confessed to the crime, police claimed. He was arrested. A case of kidnap, rape, murder and also under relevant sections of the POCSO Act was registered.