Silchar, July 9 -- An 8-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, raped and killed in Assam's Sribhumi district, following which a teenager was apprehended from the same neighbourhood, police said on Thursday.

The additional superintendent of police (crime) of Sribhumi, Trinayan Bhuyan, said that the suspect initially managed to flee, but police nabbed him. "He said that he did not rape her but confessed to killing her. The body was sent for a postmortem, and once we get the report, things will be clearer," Bhuyan said.

Police were informed about the incident around 4:30 pm, and a team went to the spot.

Bhuyan said that the family members of the deceased told police that she had gone outside the house to play and that the boy, who was know...