Man rapes,kills 6-year-old niece in MP

The girls sister and villagers had seen her follow Rammanoj Thursday afternoon. The girl had told her sister that she was going to a nearby forest to pluck mahuva flowers. When she did not return home,her parents searched for her before a local politician approached the Gohparu police station.

Investigating Officer K P Tripathi said the girls head had been smashed by the killer with a stone. He said there were visible signs of rape.

Meanwhile,the nine-year-old rape victim who was shifted to a Nagpur hospital from Jabalpur Friday for better treatment,was stated to be suffering from kidney infection. A doctor at the Care Hospital in Nagpur said,She is in a semi-conscious state and is suffering from kidney infection.

The girl was shifted from Jabalpur where she was hospitalised for seven days after the rape came to light on April 24.