A woman has been booked for allegedly locking her nine-year-old stepdaughter in a box, police said on Tuesday.
A case under section 307 (attempt to murder) of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/uttar+pradesh-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Indian Penal Code</a> has been registered against the accused Shilpi, they said.
According to police, the accused is pregnant and has not yet been arrested.
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Radhika was reported missing on Monday evening. When police rushed to her house, they found her inside a box in an unconscious condition, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/india-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Deputy Superintendent of Police</a> Ayush Vikram Singh said.
The girl later told police that her stepmother had locked her inside the box, he said.
The minor's father, Sonu Sharma married Shilpi after getting a divorce from his first wife. Radhika was living with them, police said.&nbsp;
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