LUCKNOW, Feb. 6 -- Superstition and occult claimed the life of a wise and responsible 8-yr-old girl, who was earning to run the household.

Thirteen days after Aaradhya, a vegetable seller, went missing, and her body was recovered from a drain, police on Thursday worked out the case.

"The crime was committed by a childless couple Sonu Pandit, 40 and his wife Jugnu, 32, in the belief that sacrificing an innocent girl would help them bear a child," said deputy commissioner of police, West zone, Vishwajeet Srivastava, while addressing newspersons. "While the prime accused Sonu committed suicide after police questioned him, his wife was held on Thursday," said the DCP.

According to police, the accused couple strangulated the girl, tied the ...