<p>An eight-year-old girl was raped and killed on the outskirts of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said on Friday.</p>.<p>The girl had gone missing a day before and her body was found near a multi-level parking in Chhatikara on Friday morning, they said.</p>.<p>She had gone along with a woman to collect firewood from a forested area on Thursday and had been missing since then, police said.</p>.<p>The woman had unsuccessfully tried to trace the girl and then informed her family members, who approached the police in the evening, they said.</p>.<p>Police started a search operation with the help of the villagers but the minor could not be traced till late in the night, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gaurav Grover said.</p>.<p>He said the body was found in Chhatikara on Friday morning.</p>.<p>"According to the post-mortem report, she was raped and strangulated," SP (City) Udai Shanker Singh said.</p>.<p>SSP Grover said police teams were formed earlier to locate her. He said one person has been taken into police custody in connection with the incident.</p>
<p>An eight-year-old girl was raped and killed on the outskirts of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said on Friday.</p>.<p>The girl had gone missing a day before and her body was found near a multi-level parking in Chhatikara on Friday morning, they said.</p>.<p>She had gone along with a woman to collect firewood from a forested area on Thursday and had been missing since then, police said.</p>.<p>The woman had unsuccessfully tried to trace the girl and then informed her family members, who approached the police in the evening, they said.</p>.<p>Police started a search operation with the help of the villagers but the minor could not be traced till late in the night, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gaurav Grover said.</p>.<p>He said the body was found in Chhatikara on Friday morning.</p>.<p>"According to the post-mortem report, she was raped and strangulated," SP (City) Udai Shanker Singh said.</p>.<p>SSP Grover said police teams were formed earlier to locate her. He said one person has been taken into police custody in connection with the incident.</p>