<p class="bodytext">Barely had the dust settled on the brutal killing of a toddler in Aligarh and a ten-year-old girl in Hamirpur, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly hacked to death after rape in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's home district of Gorakhpur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The body of the girl was recovered from near a 'mutt' at Belma village in the neighbouring Sant Kabir Nagar district late on Friday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The alleged culprit, who was the resident of the same village from where the victim hailed, was arrested, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police sources said that the victim was seen going with the culprit on his motorbike on Friday evening. She went missing since then, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The cops, who reached the spot upon being informed, managed to nab the culprit, who, on sustained questioning, admitted to sexually assaulting the little girl and later killing here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">''Since the victim recognised the offender, he chose to kill her,'' said a senior police official in Gorakhpur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There has been a spate in the incidents of rape of minors in the state in the past few days triggering a widespread backlash from the rights activists and also the opposition parties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Barely a few days back a ten-year-old girl, who hailed from scheduled caste (SC) community, was allegedly raped and then killed in Hamirpur district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident comes close on the heels of the brutal murder of a three-year-old girl after her father failed to repay ten thousand rupees he had taken a loan from a youth. The youth allegedly brutally murdered the toddler after the father expressed his inability to repay the debt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said that the law and order had collapsed in the state. ''Jungle raj prevails in the state,'' he told reporters here. </p>
<p class="bodytext">Barely had the dust settled on the brutal killing of a toddler in Aligarh and a ten-year-old girl in Hamirpur, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly hacked to death after rape in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's home district of Gorakhpur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The body of the girl was recovered from near a 'mutt' at Belma village in the neighbouring Sant Kabir Nagar district late on Friday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The alleged culprit, who was the resident of the same village from where the victim hailed, was arrested, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police sources said that the victim was seen going with the culprit on his motorbike on Friday evening. She went missing since then, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The cops, who reached the spot upon being informed, managed to nab the culprit, who, on sustained questioning, admitted to sexually assaulting the little girl and later killing here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">''Since the victim recognised the offender, he chose to kill her,'' said a senior police official in Gorakhpur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There has been a spate in the incidents of rape of minors in the state in the past few days triggering a widespread backlash from the rights activists and also the opposition parties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Barely a few days back a ten-year-old girl, who hailed from scheduled caste (SC) community, was allegedly raped and then killed in Hamirpur district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident comes close on the heels of the brutal murder of a three-year-old girl after her father failed to repay ten thousand rupees he had taken a loan from a youth. The youth allegedly brutally murdered the toddler after the father expressed his inability to repay the debt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said that the law and order had collapsed in the state. ''Jungle raj prevails in the state,'' he told reporters here. </p>