INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
fast asleep next to her parents in Indore, was taken away and raped in a vacant basement just 50 metres away in the early hours of Friday
The accused, spotted on a CCTV camera carrying the baby on his shoulder, also killed her once he committed the crime
The infant's body was spotted hours later by a shopkeeper who had gone to the basement to open his shop.The child's parents, balloon
sellers, were sleeping on the street outside the Rajwada Fort in the city
The accused, a 21-year-old man known to the family, was sleeping close to them, police said."The body of the infant was recovered from the
basement of a commercial building
The accused had kidnapped her early today morning when she was asleep with her parents outside the Rajwada Fort," Press Trust of India
quoted HC Mishra, deputy inspector-general of police, Indore, as saying.The child's body had injury marks on the private parts and the
head.The police, while looking for clues, scanned the CCTV cameras in the area, which led them to the accused."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," Mr 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.The rape and murder follows a disturbing pattern emerging even as the country tries to cope
while looking for clues, scanned the CCTV cameras in the area, which led them to the accused.In Uttar Pradesh's Etah, a nine-year-old
attending a wedding with her family was allegedly raped before being strangled on Thursday night
On Wednesday, a 10-year-old girl's was similarly raped and murdered at a wedding in Chhattisgarh
She had 86 injuries and was also brutalized with blunt objects.The rapes have provoked mass protests across India and social media campaigns
for justice and safety.(With inputs from PTI)
