India, Aug. 13 -- Hours after getting a rakhi tied by his 14-year-old cousin, a 33-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya raped her, before murdering her and hanging her body from a noose to make it look like a suicide, media reports said on Tuesday.

The next day, he went back to the house when the police were probing the matter so he could misguide them.

On Saturday morning, 33-year-old Surjeet went to his uncle's house and got a rakhi tied by his sister.

He then killed her and hung the body from a noose.

Her father was sleeping in another room in the house, but did not hear anything.

He found his daughter's body the following morning and informed the police.

They began questioning the family members and noticed that Surjeet was...