Maha jailbird on parole kidnaps, rapes and kills 3-year old girl

Raigad (Maharashtra), Dec. Dec 30 : In a shocking incident, a convict out on parole kidnapped, raped and murdered a 3-year-old minor tribal girl in the Pen town, police said here on Wednesday.
The incident led to an uproar in Pen and surrounding tribal areas which observed a spontaneous shutdown and locals took out a protest mark to the Pen Police Station demanding the most stringent punishment for the accused.
Rattled by the developments senior police officials rushed to Pen while Nationalist Congress Party’s Minister of State for Industry Aditi Tatkare took stock of the situation.
This evening, Tatkare, who hails from Raigad, said that the case will be transferred to a fast track court to ensure justice for the victim and her family.
According to Pen Police Station official K. P. Pawar, around 11 pm on Tuesday, the accused Adesh Madhukar Patil, 32, was passing by the small tribal hamlet in Vadgaon, on the outskirts of the town.
There he saw the minor girl and her parents sleeping outside their dwelling and he quietly picked her up and ran away.