The victim's clothes were torn and there was bleeding in her private parts. Prime facie it appears to be a case of rape and murder but only a post-mortem examination can confirm it, SP Kanpur (Rural) Surendra Tiwari said.
Police have taken two youths of the village in custody and are interrogating them, Tiwari said, adding no arrest has been made so far.
The SP said the victim was daughter of a factory-worker Dinesh Kumar, resident of Taksimpur village in Bidhanu. The girl's family was sleeping outside their home last night.
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