MUMBAI: A six-year-old girl was kidnapped from outside her hutment near Mahim station and raped in the bushes opposite the railway tracks on Monday evening, said the Shahu Nagar police.
This is the third instance of a minor girl being kidnapped and raped in the city in the last four days.
The girl was playing outside her hutment around 7pm on Monday when an unidentified man kidnapped her, said the police. Medical examination has confirmed that the girl was raped. A police team has been formed to track down the accused who is suspected to be a local.
The girl's mother learnt about the incident around 8.15pm. In her complaint, the victim's mother said, "I was busy with household work while my younger daughter was playing outside our home. In the evening, my elder daughter went looking for her sister and realized that she was missing. We started looking for her in the locality. A little later, my elder daughter spotted her sister crying on the other end of the railway track and informed me."
Deputy commissioner of police (Zone V) Dhananjay Kulkarni said they have registered a case of kidnapping and rape. "We have information about the accused and will soon nab him. The victim was forcibly taken to an isolated spot that is thickly populated with bushes a little distance from her hutment," Kulkarni said.
Investigators said the victim is in a state of shock and is undergoing treatment at JJ Hospital.
On Friday, the 14-year-old daughter of a businessman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a 22-year-old college dropout, Sagar Raorane, in Bhandup (W). Raorane, who had taken the girl to a hotel where he repeatedly raped her, was arrested on Monday.
On Sunday, a seven-year-old girl was kidnapped from near her Baiganwadi home at Shivaji Nagar in Govandi and allegedly raped by an unidentified youth.
A total of six rape cases had been registered across Mumbai city till January 22 this year. The figure matches the same period in 2011.
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