Jaipur, May 16 (PTI) An eight-year-old girl was allegedly strangled to death by a boy for resisting his rape attempt in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district, police said on Tuesday.

The body of the girl was found in an cattle shed on Monday, they said.

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According to the complaint lodged by the girl's mother, the accused allegedly tried to rape his daughter and strangled her to death when she resisted, police said.

A case of murder, kidnapping and attempt to rape has been registered in connection with the incident, they said.

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The accused (17) is absconding and efforts are on to nab him, police said.

The body was handed over to the victim's relatives after postmortem on Tuesday, they said.

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