Police arrested two men in connection with the recent abduction and murder of a four-year-old girl in Jansath town of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on Friday, police said.
A probe in the case revealed that construction labourer Afzal and the house owner Dilshad are prime accused in the incident
According to SHO D K Tyagi, the accused confessed during interrogation that Aliza alias Pari (4) was abducted and later murdered after a rape attempt failed
A 4-year-old girl's body was dumped in a septic tank in the under construction house owned by Dilshad. During a search, the body was recovered from the septic tank on March 6.
Police had registered a case against unidentified miscreants at Jansath town on March 5.
With PTI Inputs