6-year-old raped, strangulated, body stuffed in a vessel

A 6-year-old girl was brutally raped, strangled and later thrown into a cooking vessel allegedly by a neighbor in Salem of Tamil Nadu. The dead was found in the house of alleged rapist, a teenager himself who has been arrested.

According to police, the class 2 student was lured away by the 17-year-old boy with some sweets after which he allegedly assaulted her. Police have not yet confirmed rape. Police say the teenage boy hid the body in a large vessel.

After the girl was nowhere to be seen, her father went on looking for her everywhere and reportedly lodged a complaint with the police.