Muzaffarnagar (UP), Nov 29 (PTI) A woman has been booked for allegedly locking her nine-year-old stepdaughter in a box, police here said on Tuesday.

A case under section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the accused Shilpi, they said.

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According to police, the accused is pregnant and has not yet been arrested.

Radhika was reported missing on Monday evening. When police rushed to her house, they found her inside a box in an unconscious condition, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ayush Vikram Singh said.

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The girl later told police that her stepmother had locked her inside the box, he said.

The minor's father, Sonu Sharma married Shilpi after getting a divorce from his first wife. Radhika was living with them, police said.

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