10-year-old girl murdered in Jabalpur

Jabalpur: A 10-year-old girl on Monday strangled to death in her house in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

The incident happened in the Aadhartaal police station area.

The girl was a class 6th student of Government School, Krishi Nagar, and lived with her family in Katra Bajrang Bara area on rent.

The girl's father is a driver by profession and her mother is involved in beedi making.

The incident took place at about 5am in the morning when the girl went to the bathroom to have a bath. When she did not come out for a while, someone peeked inside the bathroom through the curtain and saw her in a pool of blood, according to official sources

The girl was rushed to the hospital, where the doctors could not save her life.

Her body has been sent for post-mortem.

More details are awaited.