Agra, March 26 -- An eight-year-old girl was brutally murdered after being kidnapped, triggering public outrage and protests.
The victim, identified as Pragya, was the daughter of a local shoe businessman, Dinesh Kumar, police said on Thursday.
According to reports, Pragya went missing on Tuesday afternoon while playing outside her home in the Tajganj area of the district. Her family initially assumed she had gone for tuition, but when she did not return by evening, they began searching and filed a missing person complaint at the Tajganj police station.
During the investigation, police discovered that a tenant named Sunil, who lived in the same building, was also missing. CCTV footage showed the girl heading towards a nearby shop around ...