A two-and-a-half-year-old girl was raped by her neighbour in Madhya Pradesh's Satna town, 520 kilometres from state capital Bhopal on Thursday evening.
The girl was playing near the house of the accused when he lured her in and sexually assaulted her, said the victim's mother, reported The Times of India.
The toddler came out weeping, Kolgawan police station in charge Sudeep Soni told the newspaper, adding that when her mother asked, she narrated the ordeal.
The family filed a police complaint and a case was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act)
Fearing fierce injuries, the family got a medical checkup done and fortunately, there were no serious injuries, the report stated quoting sources. Locals also felt a sigh of relief that the accused was off the streets as he was a nuisance, the police said.
Congress Slams CM Mohan Yadav
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state over the incident. He called the CM the "most unsuccessful home minister" over crimes against women in the state.
“Now, a heart-wrenching case of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl being raped in Satna! When will you (the CM) realise that innocent children of the state are paying the price for your failure as the ‘most unsuccessful home minister’?" Patwari questioned.
"When will such shameful incidents, which make life difficult for young girls, come to an end?” Patwari posted on social media," he added.