An eight-year-old girl was found murdered with her throat slit in her house at a village near with the victim's mother accusing her former husband and seven others of being behind the killing, police said on September 19.

Two people have been arrested for their alleged role in the crime, Bulandshahr's Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh said. The incident occurred in Jollygarh village under the Agauta police station area in the district, said Singh.