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New Delhi, Mar 25: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped and bludgeoned to death by her former tutor in west Delhi. The shocking incident took place in the Khayala region. The police have arrested the accused and registered a case of rape and murder against him.

According to the police, the accused, Deepak alias Dipu (20), had earlier been the tutor of the deceased girl a Class III student of a government school in Khayala.

Sources in the police said the girl was missing since 6.30pm on Monday. The cops said her mother was not at home while her father, who works at a plastic factory, was also away on shift duty at Sant Nagar.

The girl was allegedly raped after Deepak lured her. Fearing that the girl will spill the beans, said the police, he bludgeoned her to death. The body of the girl was finally found near a bush by residents of Sant Nagar on Tuesday morning. Deepak was arrested after witnesses told the police that they had seen the girl with him on Monday evening.