LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Bulandshahr district on Friday by a man known to her family, who lured her out of her house on the pretext of buying her golgappas. The accused allegedly took her to an isolated plot around 500 metres from her home, sexually assaulted her and bludgeoned her to death with an iron rod before fleeing. Additional superintendent of police (ASP) Abhishek Pratap Ajay said police launched an immediate search operation after receiving information about the girl's disappearance. Her body was later recovered, bearing injury marks on the head. He said a case has been registered at Sikandrabad police station on the basis of a complaint under Sections 103(1) (murder) and 238 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The incident occurred under the jurisdiction of the Industrial Area police station, around 30 km from the district headquarters. The accused, Ravi Kashyap, worked at the same factory as the girl's father. Both families lived in rented accommodation in the same building. The girl went missing on Friday afternoon. When she did not return home, her family members searched for her and alerted the police. Her body was recovered around 2 am on Saturday during the search operation. The victim's family, originally from Badaun district, took her body to their native village for the last rites after the post-mortem examination. ASP Abhishek Pratap Ajay said the accused hails from Tariyan village under Chhibramau police station in Kannauj district....