Dindigul (TN), May 09: Two minor girls, one aged 6 and the other 11, were raped and murdered in two separate incidents in the state, police said today.
Their bodies have been recovered and one person arrested in this connection.
24-year-old Karthik was arrested near Dindigul for kidnapping, raping and then murdering a six-year-old girl, missing since May 4, police said. The body was recovered yesterday, sources added.
In another incident, the body of a 11-year-old girl was found with injuries on the bank of the Uyyakondan River near Navalpattu in Tiruchirappalli district today, police said.
Police said the girl was raped and then murdered.
The deceased, student of a local school, had gone out of the house yesterday and was missing since then. Her body had injuries on it and has been sent for post-mortem, police said.
—-PTi