An six-year-old girl, who was abducted from Maryadapur VDC-1 in Rautahat on Tuesday night, was found dead at Inarbari on Thursday.

Police have arrested one Balkishwor Chaurasiya of Katahariya-1 in connection with the incident. Chaurasiya has been charged with rape and murder of the girl.

On the day Chaurasiya kidnapped the girl, he had also stolen a bicycle from her home. He was arrested after villagers saw him on the stolen bicycle. He was apprehended in Bara.

When police interrogated Chaurasiya, it was discovered that he had abducted and murdered the girl.

Chaurasiya had raped and strangled the girl to death before throwing her body into Lalbakaiya River.