India, March 26 -- An eight-year-old girl's body with a cut on the neck was recovered from a flour container in Agra on Wednesday night, police said, and added they have registered a case against four people, including the main accused, Sunil Kumar, 40, who is absconding.

Deputy police commissioner Syed Ali Abbas on Thursday said teams have been formed to trace the accused and continue the investigation. He said the girl's post-mortem report showed shock and haemorrhage caused by ante mortem injuries as the cause of death. Abbas said rape has not been confirmed, but a slide has been preserved for further analysis. "We are yet to assign the motive behind the killing."

Abbas said the girl was reported missing on Tuesday night. "A case was...