Suri, West Bengal: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered at a village in Birbhum's Tarapith area.
The girl's body was found in pool of blood on Friday morning near her house, the police said.
Her family members claimed the girl was picked up by the alleged accused in the darkness while she was sleeping in a small room of their thatched house along with her brother and grandmother. Her parents were in an adjacent room, the police said.
The victim's grandmother told the police that at around 11 pm on Thursday she found her granddaughter was missing and raised an alarm. At dawn, the body was found in a field near a thatched shade used to cover submersible pump.
Kamal Bairagya, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Rampurhat said "The body of a minor girl has been found. We have got some significant clues and sniffer dogs have been pressed into the investigation. The exact cause of death will be confirmed only after post-mortem."
