10-yr-old girl raped, strangulated; body found at Mumbai's Vidyavihar railway station tracks

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New Delhi: The body of a 10-year-old girl, who was missing since November 5, was found by the tracks near Vidyavihar railway station in Mumbai. The police recovered the minor's body early on Saturday. 

The post-mortem report confirmed that the girl was sexually assaulted before being strangulated. The police has taken one person into their custody. According to reports, the accused was arrested after a CCTV footage from the area showed him leaving with the girl on the day she went missing. 

The parents of the girl had filed a missing complaint after which teams had started tracing her.