Six month old allegedly raped, killed in Indore, one arrested
In yet another horror crime against minor, a six month-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, news agency PTI reported. The incident came to light when the blood-soaked body of the minor was recovered from a basement of a building in Rajwada area in Indore.
MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the accused has been arrested and the investigation is underway. He expressed his displeasure on the gruesome incident shaming humanity. The CM on twitter said that his government would ensure strict punishment to the accused.
According to media reports, the girl who was sleeping next to her parents, was abducted and raped in a basement of the building which has several shops. Later, she was killed. The accused was spotted on a CCTV camera carrying the girl on his shoulder. The police managed to arrest the accused who is a distant relative of the girl.
The post-mortem examination of the deceased which was conducted at state run-MY Hospital, suggested that the girl might have been raped before being murdered as there was an injury mark at her private part, reported The Indian Express. NDTV also reported that the child’s body had injury marks on the private parts.
“The body of the infant was recovered from the basement of a commercial building. The accused, Sunil Bheel, had kidnapped the girl in the morning hours when she was asleep with her parents outside the Rajwada Fort. The accused was sleeping close to the family,” Press Trust Of India quoted Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Indore, HC Mishra as saying. He also added that Bheel was known to the family.
“The accused is seen carrying the infant in CCTV images of around 4:45am today. He then took her to the basement of the building, some 50 metres away from where the family was sleeping, and her body was recovered in the afternoon,” Mishra said.
“The infant had an injury on her head. The accused probably threw her to the ground. We are going to arrest him shortly,” he added.
By EP Web Desk
