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The girl was missing since Tuesday, her body was found in a sack at the house of the accused

- HT Correspondent

AGRA: Four people were arrested after the body of an eight-year-old girl, who went missing on Tuesday (June 17) evening, was found in a sack, concealed in a pile of bricks, at a house under the Narkhi police station limits in Firozabad district on Thursday, the police said.

An FIR of rape, murder and kidnapping was lodged against the main accused, identified as Kaushal Kushwaha who sustained a leg injury in retaliatory firing by the police during an encounter, the police said. Kushwaha was out on bail in a theft case. Both his parents and his brother were also arrested in the girl's case.

An FIR has been filed against Kushwaha under Section 137(2) (kidnapping) with the added section of 65(2) (rape of girl below 16 years), 66 (death during sexual offence), 103(1) (murder), 238 (disappearance of evidence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and relevant sections of the POCSO Act at Narkhi police station of Firozabad district.

His family members have been booked under Section 238 (disappearance of evidence or false statement to screen the offender) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita at the same police station.