AGRA, Aug. 1 -- A court in Firozabad sentenced the main accused in the rape and murder of a minor girl to life imprisonment till death, just 44 days after the crime. Three co-accused were also sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for aiding the main accused, stated Saurabh Dixit, SSP Firozabad on Thursday.

The trial was completed in only 25 working days, he added.

The accused, identified as Kaushal, was out on bail when he raped and killed an eight-year-old girl in Firozabad's Narkhi village in June this year. Police found the girl's body in a sack hidden between piles of bricks at the accused's house on June 19. Although he tried to escape but was arrested after being injured. Three of his family members were also arrested.

The victim gi...