Lakhimpur, Aug 22 (TIWN) A six-year-old girl was gang-raped and murdered by two minor brothers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said on Thursday.

Initially, the girl’s family tried to search for the girl in the village, but when they failed, they approached police, who launched a massive manhunt. Kheri SSP Poonam ensured the search operation was carried on throughout the night. The body of the girl was finally recovered at around 3am on Wednesday, after the mother of the accused confessed to police that she had helped her sons dump the body, after she found they had strangled the girl to death.