Tonk: A six-year-old girl was raped and strangled to death at a village in Tonk district here, police said on Sunday.
According to police, the incident took place on Saturday. “The body of a 6-year-old girl was brought to Saadad Hospital under Aligarh police station here today … Prima facia, it looks like a case of sexual assault. The girl was strangulated to death with the belt she was wearing,” said Station House Officer (SHO) Vijay Shankar Sharma.
During initial investigation, police have received the information that a sports event was organised in the school of the victim after which she went missing.
“The family of the minor was searching for her in the farmlands and at relatives’ houses. They found the body of the minor in the bushes near a farmland today morning,” said Sharma.
Police said that a medical examination is being conducted. Further investigations are underway.