Seven-year-old girl has been apparently killed after gang-rape at Ugratara-7 in Kavre district. The minor, who went missing since Friday, was found dead near Dhaneshwor temple on Saturday. Her body was hidden by bricks near Information Technology Park. He said the police have been carrying out further investigation. The 7 years old girl was reading in class 2. Police have arrested two local boy in connection with the murder. The other two have been absconding. The body has been taken to TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, for postmortem. According to the district police the nature of the corpse shows that the girl was apparently killed after gange rape.Police said 415 cases of rape and 151 attempts to rape were reported from July 2013 till the same period this year. According to statistics, on an average, one rape is committed every 24 hours. Police said many instances of this crime could have gone unreported due to fear of reprisal and social stigma. In July this year alone, 62, the highest number of rape cases were recorded. December 2013 saw the lowest instances of rape, 25, reported. The victims range from toddlers to the elderly. Of the reported victims, over 30 were gang-raped.
