India, Oct. 13 -- A 28-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing a five-year-old girl by strangling her in a gated community in Medchal Malkajgiri district of Telangana, police said on Monday.

According to police, the incident took place on Saturday evening at Bollaram locality and the accused has been identified as Vikram Kumar, originally from Nalanda in Bihar, who earlier worked as a security guard at that gated society, Villa Orchid society at Kowkoor.

The deceased was identified as Arelia Moses, an LKG student and daughter of Milton Fernandes and Daisy Evangelia.

Arelia's grandfather, Arul Das, a retired Singareni employee, was reportedly associated with the villa community's residents' association. "Vikram Kumar had be...