A man has been arrested for allegedly raping and killing a six-year-old girl in Loni area, police said on Wednesday. "The girl had gone for tuition along with her brother on Monday evening. After returning, she again went outside and didn't return thereafter. Her parents and neighbours searched for her till late at night but in vain," they said.

On Tuesday morning, when the girl's father was going to offer prayers, he discovered his child's body lying in a deserted plot near a mosque, said DIG Upendra Agarwal. The girl was a kindergarten student, and she also would take tuition, the father told the police.