India, March 3 -- Consumed by jealousy, a 13-year-old boy allegedly killed his five-year-old cousin because she was the centre of attention of the family, and everyone adored her.

The boy allegedly took her to a remote spot on a hill near Vasai East, where they both lived, and strangled her on Saturday evening. He then took a rock and crushed her head.

The teenager was detained by the police in the early hours of Sunday after a complaint from the girl's parents led to a search for the child. Police found her body on the hilltop.

The victim, Shidra Khatun, was the younger of two daughters of Mohammad Salman Mohammad Ramzan Khan (33). Her family lives in Shriram Nagar in Vasai East. Khan told the police that his nephew, his sister's son,...