Gwalior, March 21 -- A12-year-old girl allegedly murdered a four-year-old boy by strangulating him before brutally crushing his head with a stone in the Gwalior city of Madhya Pradesh.

The police have taken the girl into custody and are quizzing her to find out the motive behind her shocking act.

The incident took place on Tuesday and came to light on Wednesday.

According to police officials, the girl and the victim live in an under-construction colony where their parents work as labourers.

The police said the deceased boy, Devraj Vanshkar, was allegedly lured by the accused girl to join her on the pretext of picking berries (ber) on Tuesday. When the boy's mother did not find him for long, his parents and other labourers launched a sea...