India, Feb. 7 -- A 13-year-old girl who left home after being scolded by her mother late on Thursday was raped and killed by an unidentified person in New Town near Kolkata, police said on Friday after the girl's body was found.

Police said the Class 8 student's body was found about six km from her house.

"A half-naked body of a girl was recovered from an isolated plot of land this morning. We have registered a murder case and also included sections of the POCSO Act. Investigation is going on. No one has been arrested so far," a police officer said.

Police said the teenager left home around 10pm on Thursday after her mother scolded her.

Her family and neighbours started looking for her after she didn't return home. She was last spotte...