7-month-old abducted, raped in Kolkata; admitted to ICU

KOLKATA: A seven-month-old girl sleeping beside her parents on a pavement was allegedly kidnapped and raped last week in Kolkata's Burtolla area. Police registered a case under Pocso Act and launched an investigation. No arrests have been made so far, despite having questioned at least a dozen suspects, report Dwaipayan Ghosh & Sumati Yengkhom.
The infant remains hospitalised at the Paediatric ICU of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. Police said her condition was now stable. "The bleeding has stopped and she has started to eat. We have set up a team of four doctors. Her condition should improve further in the next few days," said a hospital official.
Around 1.45pm on Nov 30, a Burtolla resident noticed the infant howling on the pavement in front of his home with no one around, police said. The person immediately informed cops. The child's parents had approached police after a futile search for her. A probe into the two reports soon reunited the girl with her parents. She was rushed to R G Kar MCH, where doctors found multiple injuries on her private parts and scratches all over her body. She was believed to have been sexually assaulted, police said.