A month after a 12-year-old girl went missing, Malwani police on Saturday arrested her paternal uncle and aunt based on the findings of the initial probe. The couple allegedly beat up the girl the night before she disappeared, causing  serious injuries to her head. Police suspect they killed the girl and have destroyed the evidence.

Police identified the couple as Sandesh Ganpat Haldal and his wife Jyoti Sandesh Haldal. They said the girl and her brother, 9, had been living with them since the separation of their parents two years ago.