Gandhinagar, Jan 29 : A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Gujarat for allegedly raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl, the police said.
A police officer said the accused, a migrant worker, had allegedly lured the girl by offering chocolates before assaulting her.
The man allegedly abducted the girl from a ceramic factory in Morbi, before raping and murdering her.
He was working at the same factory where the victim’s parents, hailing from Madhya Pradesh, are employed.
The accused is a widower and a father of two children — a daughter and a son.
According to Morbi Police, the girl was taken to a secluded place, so that no one could hear her cries for help.
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