LUCKNOW, Feb. 11 -- A five-year-old girl, who went missing while playing near her home, was found dead inside a locked hut in the Biswan Kotwali area of Sitapur district late Monday night, police said Tuesday. Postmortem examination confirmed the child was sexually assaulted before being killed, officials said. Within 24 hours of the discovery, Sitapur police arrested local history-sheeter Surendra Kumar, 45, after an encounter Tuesday night. Alok Singh, additional superintendent of police (ASP) North, said the accused sustained injuries in the encounter and is undergoing treatment at the district hospital. Preliminary investigation revealed the accused allegedly lured the girl to the hut by offering sweets and sexually assaulted her before allegedly strangling her to death, Singh said. Durgesh Kumar Singh, ASP South Sitapur, said the girl went missing around 3 pm on Monday while playing near her house. Family members searched for hours but could not locate her....