Indore, April 21: In a shocking incident of brutality, a girl of under one year of age was killed after allegedly being raped in MG Road police station limits. As per details by the Police, one person has been arrested in connection with the rape case. According to a report by ANI, Police reached the spot after getting information that a child's body is lying unattended with blood spots around it.

"Victim's family didn't name the accused as a suspect, who is victim's uncle in relation. Initial suspects were ruled out by Special Investigation Team (SIT) & victim's uncle was arrested. Accused had an argument with victim's mother after which he committed the crime", DIG Indore informed.

Reports inform that the girl was found raped and murdered in Madhya Pradesh's Indore. The blood-soaked body of the infant was found in a building's basement in the wee hours of Friday at 4:45 am. The initial investigation by police revealed one Suneel Bheel, a 21-year-old youth, as the prime accused as he was spotted in the basement at 4:45 am as per the CCTV footage.

According to a PTI report, the post-mortem was conducted by the state-run MY Hospital. The report revealed the girl was likely raped before being killed as her private parts bore a sharp injury mark.  "The body of the infant was recovered from the basement of a commercial building in Rajwada area. The accused, Sunil Bheel, had kidnapped her early today morning when she was asleep with her parents outside the Rajwada Fort. The accused was sleeping close to the family," said HC Mishra, deputy inspector-general of police, Indore.

Mishra added saying, “The accused is seen carrying the infant in CCTV images of around 4:45 am 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”. He further informed that the Police informed that the accused and the infant's parents knew each other and were in the business of selling balloons.

Update: Indore Infant Rape And Murder Case: Death Sentence for Convict Announced by District Court.

The Indore district court on Saturday awarded death penalty to the prime accused for raping the four-year-old. The punishment was awarded under the relevant IPC sections for rape and murder, along with the provisions of the amended POCSO Act.

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