India, July 9 -- A teenage boy allegedly abducted, raped, and killed an eight-year-old girl at Madanmohan in Assam's Sribhumi district on Wednesday, police said on Thursday, adding that locals thrashed the accused before handing him over to them.

Additional police superintendent Tribhuvan Bhuyan said the accused went around looking for the girl when she was missing, pretending that he did not know anything about the incident. "He was seen pillion riding with the victim's father when the family was searching for her. Later, he said that the girl's father allegedly tortured him, and to avenge, he did it."

Bhuyan said the accused initially managed to flee, but the police nabbed him. He has confessed to killing the girl but denied the rape ...