Hyderabad, Feb. 19 -- The 27-year-old man, who was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl in Andhra Pradesh's Annamayya district, was found dead in a tank under suspicious circumstances on Wednesday mor ning, a top police official said, adding preliminary investigation indicated that the accused died by suicide.

District superintendent of police Dheeraj Kunubilli told reporters that the police had recovered the body of an unidentified man in a tank on Wednesday morning at Kanasanipalle village. "The body was later identified by relatives as that of the prime accused in the minor's rape and murder case," he said.

The body of the accused had been shifted to the government hospital at Madanapalle for p...