In a disturbing incident, a two-and-a-half year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered by unidentified assailants in Sinhagad area of Pune in the small hours of Sunday.
The local police found the victim girl in a pool of blood behind the Prayeja City housing complex along Sinhagad Road in the morning.
Soon after the victim girl went missing from their residence around midnight, her parents had lodged a complaint with the Sinhagad Road police station.
Having registered an FIR, the police had begun to look for the victim girl. Sometime in the morning, some local residents informed the police that they seen a body of small girl lying behind the Prayeja City housing complex. The police took possession of the body soon afterwards. The victim girl’s parents confirmed that the body was indeed that of their daughter.
The medical examination conducted on the victim girl revealed that she had been subjected to sexual assault before she was murdered by the unidentified assailants.
The investigators have, meanwhile, taken one suspect into custody in connection with the incident.