Patna, December 25: In yet another shocking incident, three minor boys allegedly raped an eight-year-old girl and killed her in Purnia district. According to a Times of India report, boys aged between 12-15 years allegedly committed the crime, when the girl had gone to her neighbour's place to watch TV on Sunday evening. When she didn't return home, her parents started searching for her.

Next morning, her dead body was found near a betel shop and her parents decided to dispose of without conducting post mortem due to societal pressure. However, the matter was leaked when one of the accused was heard telling someone that he and his friends had raped the girl before murdering her. Hyderabad Shocker: 19-Year-Old Engineering Student Allegedly Raped by Lab-in-Charge Inside College Premises.

The accused were the victim's neighbours and they admitted committing the heinous crime of outraging her modesty and then strangulating her. The deceased's father said that bloodstains were found near the area from where the deceased's body was located.

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