Man arrested in UP for raping and killing his eight-year-old niece

Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh): A man was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape his eight-year-old niece and then killing her when she started screaming in a village in this district, a senior police official said on Sunday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Martand Prakash Singh said the girl’s body was found covered with leaves in a sugarcane field in the Tariyawan police station area on June 19.

The victim’s father had filed a murder complaint against a youth from the same village, police said.

However, when the police started investigating, the role of the girl’s uncle appeared suspicious, Singh said, adding that the uncle confessed to the crime during interrogation.

The minor’s uncle told police that he was drunk at the time of the incident and tried to rape the girl when he found her alone. When the girl started screaming, he strangled her, the additional SP said.

Singh said the accused was arrested and sent to jail by a local court.