The body of a missing six-year-old girl was recovered from a heap of straw at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli on Tuesday, the police said as they suspect she was raped and subsequently murdered.

The incident happened in a village under Alinagar police station area. According to the police, the girl was returning home with her grandmother from her uncle's house on Monday evening. On the way, her grandmother stopped to speak with an acquaintance and the minor walked ahead and disappeared.

Despite searching in the area overnight, her whereabouts remained unknown.

Later on Tuesday morning, the police said the child's body was found hidden in a pile of straw kept in the house, around 20 m from the victim's residence.

The local authorities, including Additional Superintendent of Polic

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