This Article is From Apr 25, 2015

This Man is Suspected of Raping a Five-year-Old in Mumbai

This Man is Suspected of Raping a Five-year-Old in Mumbai

The sketch of the suspect as prepared by Mumbai Police.

Mumbai: Three days after a five-year-old was raped in Mumbai's Antop Hill area, investigators have prepared a sketch of the suspect. Earlier the police had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for any information on the culprit.

Police sources told NDTV that the sketch was prepared on the basis of the CCTV footage in which the man who raped her is seen carrying the girl in his arms from near her home.

The man picked her up and walked off at around 10.34 pm shows the camera footage. Only his back is seen. The police suspect he is a local shopkeeper.

The child was raped at Antop Hill, around 2 km away. At around midnight, she was found on a road, crying and bleeding.

Residents of the area claim that after they called the police, it took almost four hours to take the child to a hospital as two police teams from areas just 10 minutes apart, argued over jurisdiction.

While two police officers, from the disputing police stations have been suspended after the chief minister intervened, the accused still hasn't been arrested.

Meanwhile, doctors treating the child say that she is still not speaking and attempts are being made to stabilise her condition.

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