A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district, police said on Monday.
The girl's body was on Saturday found wrapped in a cloth on the roof of her house in Sohagpur area, located about 50 km from the district headquarters, Sohagpur police station's inspector Vikram Rajak said.
A preliminary autopsy report released on Sunday night suggested she was raped and then strangled to death, he said.
The police have picked up a person living in the victim's neighbourhood and he is being questioned, the official said.
The girl went missing around 3 pm on Saturday. Her family members searched for her and after being unable to finding her in their village, they lodged a police complaint, he said.
The family members later checked the roof of their house and found the body, the official said.
The police have registered a case against the unidentified culprit under sections for rape and murder as well as relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he added.
Dawood's Daughter's Gown And A Kidnapping: A Fresh Look At Madhya Pradesh Underworld Man, 69, Rapes Teen Girl In Madhya Pradesh, Arrested How Jail Slippers Helped Reunite Mentally-Challenged Man With Family What Murdered Doctor's Father Said About A Torn Page From Her Diary Malala Yousafzai's Post On Taliban After Attending Taylor Swift Concert Student Arrested For Controversial Post On Mamata Banerjee "In 40 Years Did Nothing Wrong": Under-Fire Siddaramaiah In Land Scam Case Zomato Calls Blinkit "Adopted Sis". Gets A Cheeky Response Priyanka Gandhi's Heartfelt Rakhi Wish For Brother Rahul Gandhi Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.