21 December,2020 06:02 PM IST | Gurugram | PTI
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A five-year-old girl was raped and killed by a man living in her neighbourhood in Haryana's Jhajjar city, police said on Monday.
The 30-year-old man, who has a criminal background, kidnapped the girl from her house at night and took her to his residence where he allegedly raped and then killed her, a police official in Jhajjar said.
The body was recovered from the house of the man and he has been arrested, police said.
The official said that a case has been registered against him under relevant provisions of the law.
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He said the girl's father is a migrant worker and belongs to Madhya Pradesh while the accused hails from Jhajjar.
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