Hyderabad, Feb. 18 -- The police on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old man in Andhra Pradesh's Annamayya district for allegedly kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old girl in the neighbourhood, the police said.

According to Madanapalle town police inspector Mohammad Rafi, the girl had been playing outside her house on Sunday evening when she suddenly went missing, triggering panic among family members and residents in the neighbourhood. The family lodged a missing complaint on Monday morning.

District Superintendent of Police Dheeraj Kanubilli directed immediate search operations. "We extensively examined a network of CCTV cameras installed across Madanapalle town. During analysis of the footage, we found that a 27-year-old man residing op...