Rajasthan: 8-year-old girl raped, strangulated to death

An 8-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death by unidentified men in Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh district, police said on Monday.

The victim was thrown into a dry well after being allegedly raped and killed.

Her dead body was found on Saturday, SHO of Choti Sadri police station Ravindra Pratap Singh told the new agency PTI.

The eight-year-old was abducted from her house on Friday night while she was asleep with her mother. She was allegedly raped and murdered, the SHO said.

The accused later threw the girl's dead body into a dry well, which is 300 meters away from her home, SHO added.

Furthermre, Singh said a probe into the matter is underway and nearly half a dozen people have been rounded up for interrogation.

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