India, Feb. 17 -- Police in Madanapalle town of Andhra Pradesh's Annamayya district arrested a 27-year-old man on Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old girl from the neighbourhood.

According to Madanapalle town police inspector Mohammad Rafi, the girl was playing outside her house on Sunday evening when she suddenly went missing, triggering panic among family members and residents in the neighbourhood. After searching extensively in nearby areas and failing to trace the child, the family approached the police on Monday morning and lodged a missing complaint.

Superintendent of police Dheeraj Kanubilli and DSP Mahendra immediately constituted a special team led by Mohammad Rafi and launched a coordinated search ope...