India, Feb. 15 -- A case in Kerala's Kochi has taken an even darker turn after police revealed that a six-year-old girl, who was found dead with her father in January, had been sexually assaulted before her death. The disturbing details came to light on Saturday, nearly a month after the bodies were discovered at their rented house.

Police said the autopsy report revealed that the child had faced sexual abuse over the past one year. Following the autopsy report, police have included the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the case, which was earlier registered as an unnatural death, news agency PTI reported.

On January 16, the girl was allegedly poisoned before her father died by suicide at the rented house here....