After the incident, the six-year-old girl was rushed to the district hospital with 20 per cent burns on her neck, face and hands in the early hours of Saturday.
The victim was admitted to a hospital in Ballia but as her condition worsened, she was shifted to Varanasi for advanced treatment.
The accused -- Gurpreet Singh and his grandfather Surjit Singh -- have been arrested on charges of murder, rape and other relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, they further said.
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