GORAKHPUR, May 21 -- A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Sidhnath village of Basti district on May 18. A post-mortem report has revealed brutalities to which the girl was subjected before murder, police said, adding a case had been registered in this regard.

The body was discovered near thickets in Sidhnath village within Lalganj police station limits on the night of May 18. She had reportedly gone missing on May 18 afternoon after leaving home in search of her grandmother, police said.

Revealing the cruelty inflicted upon the child, a three-member panel of doctors who conducted the autopsy on May 19 revealed that the victim suffered broken hands, a fractured leg and broken rib.

Lalganj SHO Shashank Shekhar Rai confirmed that t...