Lorry driver held for girl's murder in Vellore

A lorry driver has been arrested in connection with the recent murder of a ninth standard girl student near here, police said.

The man, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, told police during questioning that he had tried to rape the girl on October 10 but she fell and hit her head on a stone and died,the sources said.

Fearing arrest, he removed her clothes and burnt it and threw the body into a disused well,police said. A passer-by had found the body in the well and informed police.

The parents had also lodged a complaint about their missing daughter who failed to return home from school. The man was arrested on Wednesday.