Indore baby rape verdict: Court announces death sentences to rapist

Indore : In a quickest trail in the country ever, the district court has awarded death sentence to a 21-year-old man in terrible rape and murder of a four- month-old baby in Indore on Saturday. The verdict by a fast-track court came within record 23 days, TV reports said.

The most shameful incident that took place in April and has shook the entire nation. The incident has created annoyance over spree of ghastly crimes involving minor girls. 

After the crime, the police arrested the 21-year-old accused and had filed a complaint against him, immediately. During the media session, Indore deputy inspector-general of police HC Mishra said, ‘The body of the infant was recovered from the basement of a commercial building in Rajwada area. The accused, Sunil Bheel, had kidnapped her early today morning when she was asleep with her parents outside the Rajwada Fort. The accused was sleeping close to the family.’

The accused and the infant's parents knew each other and were in the business of selling balloons, Mishra had said.

The accused was seen carrying the infant in CCTV images of around 4:45am on April 20.  He then took her to the basement of the building, some 50 metres away from where the family was sleeping, and her body was recovered in the afternoon, the police had said. 

Mishra also added that 'The infant had an injury on her head. The accused probably threw her to the ground. However, only the post-mortem report will verify if she died due to this or whether she was smothered.'