Bhadohi, June 24: A 16-year-old girl was today hacked to death by unidentified persons in Koirauna area here, police sources said.
Body of Rekha Yadav with her throat slit was recovered from outside her house in Nibiha village this morning, they said.
Prima facie it appears that an attempt was made to rape the girl while she was sleeping in front of house and when the miscreants did not succeed they slit her throat, they said.
The girl lived with her mother and brothers. Her father works as a taxi driver in Mumbai.
–Agencies