By IANS
Guwahati : A three-year-old girl has been raped and murdered in the heart of Guwahati, sending shockwaves in the city.
Police said the post-mortem of the child carried out Thursday confirmed she had been sexually assaulted and then hit with a blunt instrument, leading to her death.
“A petty criminal has been arrested on suspicion of raping and murdering the child. Investigations are on,” a police official said.
The incident took place Wednesday night when the victim and her 10-year-old sister Sultana Khatun went to see a Durga Puja near the busy Paltan Bazar area.
“The sisters got separated in the rush. Sultana reached home and informed her parents about her missing sister,” the official said.
The victim’s father was a rickshaw puller. The police found the girl lying unconscious by a drain with her body covered with a sack. She was declared dead at the Guwahati Medical College late Wednesday.