Fired by employer, man rapes, kills former''s 6-year-old daughter

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), June 22

A man was “lynched to death” on Wednesday by locals after he allegedly raped and killed a six-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district.

The incident took place in Aligarh's Bheekamapur village.

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The accused, a resident of Badaun, worked at the snacks shop of the girl's father.

A month ago, the father of the girl fired him from work.

The man allegedly lured the girl and took her to the nearby farm where he raped and then killed her.

When the parents of the girl were unable to find her, they looking for her and later recovered her body from the farm. The accused was also found sitting beside the girl's body.

Angry over the incident, the locals thrashed the accused. When the police reached the spot, the villagers handed over the man.

He was taken to a hospital by the police where he was declared dead a few hours later.  

“The accused was nabbed by the locals. He was sitting near the body of the girl. He was drunk. He was thrashed by the people and later died at around 3 am,” said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Aligarh, Rajesh Kumar Pandey.

The police have filed a case. —ANI