DISTRESSING CONTENT WARNING: A 65-year-old man has since been arrested.

18:20, Sat, May 2, 2026 Updated: 18:21, Sat, May 2, 2026

A police car on the street in Chennai, India

A 65-year-old man has since been arrested (Image: Getty)

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

The child went missing on Friday afternoon, prompting a frantic search by her family. Her mutilated body was later discovered, leading to widespread grief and anger. CCTV footage reportedly showed the accused carrying the girl, helping police track him down and take him into custody. Enraged residents blocked the Pune-Bengaluru Highway, staging protests outside the local police station as the girl’s body was brought there.

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Crowds gathered to demand immediate punishment

Crowds gathered to demand immediate punishment (Image: -)

Heartbreaking scenes unfolded as family members wept and crowds gathered to demand immediate punishment.

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    • Pune Rural Police Superintendent Sandip Singh Gill assured demonstrators that the chargesheet would be filed within 15 days and the case would be fast-tracked. He pledged strict action against the accused.

    Social activists have condemned the repeated failures of fast-track courts to deliver timely verdicts, warning that delayed justice erodes public trust and emboldens offenders.

    Indian gujarat policeman deployed on event duty to handle crowd security in uniform on road safety

    A 38-year-old man has also been arrested for allegedly murdering his 14-year-old stepdaughter and dumping her body in a forest (Image: Getty)

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

    According to local reports, the man brutally assaulted the girl with a piece of rope and left the body in a sack. He then reportedly walked to a police station and filed a missing person complaint, claiming the girl had not returned home after being sent to buy milk.

    The 38-year-old was arrested after the initial probe revealed he had been repeatedly censured by the family for leering at the girl, his stepdaughter from his fourth marriage.