India, March 16 -- A missing 5-year-old girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances near her home at Kankarei village under Industrial PS (Nisa) in Odisha's Angul district.

The minor girl was suspected to have been killed after rape. Local police detained one person in connection with the incident for questioning.

According to reports, Ranjan Sai of Patatangar village in Pallahara area of the district had been staying with his family at Kankarei village and working as a daily wage labourer in past eight years.

On March 13 afternoon, his lone 5-year-old daughter was playing at backward. A few minutes later, his wife did not find her at home. On March 15 morning, the locals found blood-soaked body of the girl from a mahua fores...