Updated On: 13 December, 2025 05:38 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The suspect was accused of luring away the girl by promising her a chocolate sometime between 11 pm on March 31, 2007, and 8 am the next day, raping and beating her, and subsequently strangling her

The crime took place in 2007, police said, Representational Pic/File
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A man has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly raping and brutally murdering a five-year-old girl in the district 18 years ago, Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) Police said on Saturday, reported the PTI.
The crime had taken place in the Manikpur police station limits, said Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Madan Ballal, according to the PTI.