Meerut, May 10 -- An eight-year-old girl was found brutally murdered in the Indira Gandhi Colony under the Sadar Bazar police station limits of Saharanpur district. The child's blood-soaked body was discovered in the wee hours of Saturday, in the bushes near a local cemetery, triggering panic and grief in the area.

According to the police, the victim, Mahira, was playing with other children near her house on Friday evening when she suddenly went missing. Her father, Amjad Ali, said the family launched a frantic search soon after realising she was untraceable. Despite efforts throughout the night, there was no clue of her whereabouts.

At around 5 AM on Saturday, a man from the neighbourhood approached the family and informed them that Ma...