Agartala, February 28: Decomposed body of a five- year-old girl was found on Sunday from a tribal hamlet in the Teliamura sub-division of Tripura's Khowai district, police said. It is suspected that the girl was murdered after rape, they said.

"The body was recovered from a jungle in the area. We are waiting for the post-mortem report," officer-in-charge of Teliamura police station Swapan Debbarma told reporters. Mumbai-Based TV Anchor with English News Channel Booked for Rape in Delhi's Chanakyapuri.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident and further investigation is underway, he said. The parents of the child filed a missing diary four days ago that she was missing since Monday, police said. A case has been registered under POCSO Act and IPC sections 302 (murder) and 376 (rape), they said.

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