In a third incident of rape-murder in the last 20 days in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, a three-year-old girl was raped and strangled to death on Thursday, 3 September, PTI reported citing the UP police.
According to the news agency, the girl was missing since Wednesday. Her body was reportedly found just a kilometer away from her home.
While the police had initially called it a murder, they later said that autopsy confirmed sexual assault. No person has been arrested in connection with the case.