Bengaluru: 6-year-old girl's burnt body found at her neighbour's residence, police suspects rape, murder

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Bengaluru: A six-year-old girl, who went missing in Karnataka's Veerbhadranagar area was found dead at her neighbor's house on Sunday evening.

The police suspect that the minor girl, identified as AN, was raped and murdered. A case has been registered at Girinagar police station.

Anu, who was studying in first standard, went missing last Thursday, following which her parents lodged a missing complaint with the police.

On Sunday, the victim's neighbours sensed foul smell coming from a house of a person named Anil, who used to stay just next to Anu's house.

The police said the girl's body was burnt and packed in a carton box. Anil allegedly left for his hometown on Wednesday.

Harshit's parents work as a daily wage labourers.