India, Oct. 21 -- More than a year after the RG Kar rape and murder case, the accused Sanjay Roy's niece was found dead inside a wardrobe at her home on Sunday in Alipore, South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

The girl's body was reportedly found inside the wardrobe, News18 reported on Tuesday.

The girl, who was a sixth-standard student, was immediately rushed to the nearby Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) Hospital, where she was declared brought dead.

Her mother had also reportedly died by suicide a few years ago, after which her father remarried his sister-in-law, the report stated quoting sources at Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar.

On Sunday, her stepmother had left the house to buy crackers for Diwali. There was n...