LUCKNOW: A minor girl has been sexually abused in Uttar Pradesh. The incident happened in a village near Lakhimpur in Kheri district. This is the second rape and murder of a teenage girl in this district in the past 10 days. The body of the girl was found last night. It has been found that the girl was killed using a sharp weapon. She sustained serious injuries on her neck and initial reports mentioned that this led to her death.

The postmortem report has mentioned that she was sexually abused. The girl left home Monday morning as part of submitting a scholarship application in the nearby town and did not return after that. She left home at 8.30 am. Police said the culprits would soon be caught.

A similar incident was reported in past ten days in the same district. A 13-year-old girl was found dead on the Independence Day. The girl was brutally killed after sexually abusing her. The police had arrested two related to the incident.