A four-year-old girl wasrapedand brutallykilledwith a stone in Pune’s Bhor Taluka in Maharashtra, westernIndia, allegedly by a 65-year-old man who has since been arrested. The shockingcrimehas sparked outrage across the region, with locals demanding swift justice.
The child wentmissingon Friday afternoon, prompting a frantic search by her family. Her mutilated body was later discovered, leading to widespread grief and anger. CCTV footage reportedly showed the accused carrying the girl, helpingpolicetrack him down and take him into custody. Enraged residents blocked the Pune-Bengaluru Highway, stagingprotestsoutside the local police station as the girl’s body was brought there.
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Heartbreaking scenes unfolded as family members wept and crowds gathered to demand immediate punishment.
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Pune Rural Police Superintendent Sandip Singh Gill assured demonstrators that the chargesheet would be filed within 15 days and the case would be fast-tracked. He pledged strict action against the accused.
Social activists have condemned the repeated failures of fast-track courts to deliver timely verdicts, warning that delayed justice erodes public trust and emboldens offenders.
This case follows another disturbing incident in Greater Noida last week, where a 38-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering his 14-year-old stepdaughter anddumping her bodyin a forest.
According tolocal reports, the man brutally assaulted the girl with a piece of rope and left the body in a sack. He then reportedly walked to a police station and filed a missing person complaint, claiming the girl had not returned home after being sent to buy milk.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
