3-year-old girl raped, murdered in Andhra Pradesh; body found buried in bushes

TIRUPATI: A girl aged three and a half years was brutally raped and killed by a person closely related to the family.
The incident occurred on Friday evening at the Yanadi Colony of AM Puram village in Vadamalapeta mandal of Tirupati district, falling under Nagari constituency.
Sushanth, aged 22, took her out of her house under the pretext of buying her chocolates, reached a deserted place, and resorted to the extreme step.
He also killed the girl and buried her behind the bushes at the same spot.
When the girl’s parents questioned him after they could not find their daughter despite searching everywhere, he confessed and led them to the spot where he buried the body.
Police reached the spot and sent the body to Puttur govt general hospital for postmortem. The cops took Sushanth into their custody for interrogation.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)