<p>In a shocking incident, a three-year-old girl was allegedly hacked to death before being raped in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, about 150 kilometres from here.</p>.<p>According to the police sources here, the blood-stained body of the victim, a resident of a village under Singahi police station in the district, was recovered from the fields on Thursday.</p>.<p>Sources said that the child had gone missing on Wednesday and a report was lodged with the police in this connection. The father of the victim had also named a man, who he suspected of being involved in the girl's disappearance.</p>.<p>On Thursday, the locals found the body of the victim in the fields and informed the cops. The postmortem revealed that her throat had been slit by a sharp-edged weapon and that she was also sexually assaulted.</p>.<p>Sources said that the accused, a resident of the same village, was nabbed on Friday. He was being interrogated, the police added.</p>.<p>Police said that an old enmity between the accused and the victim's father might be behind the incident.</p>.<p>Incidentally, it was the third case of rape and murder in the district in the past three weeks.</p>.<p>Barely a few days back, a 17-year old girl was raped and murdered in the district. Her body was also recovered from the fields a few metres away from her village.</p>.<p>In another similar incident, a 13-year old girl from SC community was strangled to death after rape in the district.</p>.<p>The opposition leaders slammed the state government over what they alleged ''complete collapse'' of the law and order machinery in the state.</p>
<p>In a shocking incident, a three-year-old girl was allegedly hacked to death before being raped in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, about 150 kilometres from here.</p>.<p>According to the police sources here, the blood-stained body of the victim, a resident of a village under Singahi police station in the district, was recovered from the fields on Thursday.</p>.<p>Sources said that the child had gone missing on Wednesday and a report was lodged with the police in this connection. The father of the victim had also named a man, who he suspected of being involved in the girl's disappearance.</p>.<p>On Thursday, the locals found the body of the victim in the fields and informed the cops. The postmortem revealed that her throat had been slit by a sharp-edged weapon and that she was also sexually assaulted.</p>.<p>Sources said that the accused, a resident of the same village, was nabbed on Friday. He was being interrogated, the police added.</p>.<p>Police said that an old enmity between the accused and the victim's father might be behind the incident.</p>.<p>Incidentally, it was the third case of rape and murder in the district in the past three weeks.</p>.<p>Barely a few days back, a 17-year old girl was raped and murdered in the district. Her body was also recovered from the fields a few metres away from her village.</p>.<p>In another similar incident, a 13-year old girl from SC community was strangled to death after rape in the district.</p>.<p>The opposition leaders slammed the state government over what they alleged ''complete collapse'' of the law and order machinery in the state.</p>
