Minor Dalit girl sexually assaulted, stabbed to death

A 13-year-old Dalit girl was killed after being allegedly sexually assaulted, with the attackers brutally stabbing her eyes and private parts while she had gone out of her house here, police said today.

The girl had stepped out of her house to buy medicine for her father when the incident happened, police said.

Her body with stab marks on her eyes and private parts was found yesterday from a field under Sursa police station area, they said.

The body has been sent for postmortem examination, police added.