India, Oct. 9 -- Mysuru, Oct. 9 (RK&KS)- Close on the heels of a man being brutally hacked to death by a gang of six near Dasara Exhibition Grounds on Oct. 7, Mysuru city woke up to yet another horrific crime this morning.

The body of a minor girl, suspected to have been raped and murdered, was found inside a drain near Exhibition Grounds at Ittigegud. The victim, who had come from Kalaburagi along with her parents and relatives to sell balloons and toys during Dasara, was living with them in a makeshift tent pitched in an open area opposite the Expo.

According to her relatives, the girl had slept beside her parents last night, but when they woke up early today following heavy rains, they found her missing and began a frantic search. Th...