On Monday, police informed that a 20-month-old baby girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Worli area of central Mumbai.
The accused was arrested yesterday and will be presented before the court today.
The incident was reported after the child's parents approached the police on Sunday to file a complaint against their neighbour, according to an official.
As per the complaint, the family lives in a tenement and their 35-year-old neighbour had allegedly raped the girl child when the parents were away a couple of days ago, he said.
- The parents realised something was amiss when the child kept crying and complaining about being in pain. When taken to hospital, the doctor informed about that the child had been sexually abused.
An FIR under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against the accused, who has been arrested, he added.
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