India, Feb. 21 -- A 24-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping and murdering a three-year-old girl who lived in his neighbourhood in Gurugram's Sector 36, police said.

Investigators familiar with the case said that the accused appeared to have used his familiarity with the toddler to lure her away on Thursday evening to an empty plot near their homes, where he allegedly raped and murdered her. He then dug a shallow pit with his hands and buried the child's body in an attempt to conceal the crime.

Police said the victim lived with her parents in rented accommodation in a building at Mohammadpur Jharsa in Sector 36. The accused also lived in the same building with his parents.

According to investigators, the incident too...