Narsinghpur, Aug. 6 -- An eight-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, raped and murdered in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district and the police arrested the accused involved in the crime, an officer said on Thursday.

The incident was reported under the jurisdiction of Gotegaon police station limits on Wednesday. The minor went missing on Wednesday afternoon after leaving her school. When she did not return home, her family launched a search and her body was later recovered from a nearby forest area.

Narsinghpur Superintendent of Police (SP), Rishikesh Meena, said the minor girl was reported missing at around 5 pm on August 5 after she failed to return home from school.

"Gotegaon Police received information that an eight-year-old girl ...