Close on the heels of the horrible gang-rape that rocked the Parliament on Tuesday, a minor girl from Bihar's Saharsa district was allegedly gang-raped before being murdered.

The eight-year-old, bearing several injury marks on her body, was on Tuesday found floating dead in a canal in Belbara village under Simri Bhakhtiarpur police station area, about 20 kms from the district headquarters.

Based on the injury marks, police suspect that the girl was killed after being gang-raped. She was last seen playing outside her home on Monday. The body has been sent for autopsy.