This Article is From Mar 10, 2010

Minor girl raped, strangulated to death in Kanpur

Kanpur: A temple priest in Kanpur allegedly raped and later strangulated a seven-year-old minor girl to death.

25-year-old Narendra alias Kallu, a priest at the Guteshwar temple in Shivrajpur area, took the minor girl from her house On Tuesday night on the pretext of offering prasad.

When the girl did not return home, the parents started searching for her and found her body next morning. SP (Rural) Lal Bahadur said prima facie it appears that the girl was strangulated to death after being raped.

The body has been sent for post mortem. A manhunt has been launched to nab Narendra, who is absconding.

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