Horror as girl, 4, raped then bludgeoned to death with stone | World | News

In Bhor Taluka of Pune in western India’s Maharashtra, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped and brutally murdered with a stone by a 65-year-old man who has since been arrested. The shocking crime sparked outrage across the region and locals demanded swift justice.

The boy went missing on Friday afternoon, prompting a frantic search by his family. His dismembered body was later discovered, sparking widespread grief and anger. CCTV footage reportedly showed the accused carrying the girl, helping the police track her down and take her into custody. Angry residents blocked the Pune-Bengaluru Highway, protesting outside the local police station while the girl’s body was being brought there.

There were heartbreaking scenes as family members cried and crowds gathered to demand immediate punishment.

Social activists have condemned the repeated failure of fast-track courts to deliver timely verdicts and warned that delay in justice erodes public trust and emboldens criminals.

This case comes after another disturbing incident in Greater Noida last week, where a 38-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his 14-year-old stepdaughter and dumping her body in a forest.

Accordingly local reportsThe man named brutally attacked the girl with a rope and left her body in the sack. He later reportedly went to the police station and filed a missing complaint, claiming that the girl did not return home after being sent to buy milk.

The 38-year-old man was arrested after the initial investigation revealed that he had been repeatedly reprimanded by the family for looking badly at his stepdaughter from his fourth marriage.